Learn Spanish words about Carnival
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| Hi, everyone! I'm Rosa and this is Spanish Weekly Words Holidays Edition and I'm about to discover what holiday will be talking about today. |
| So it is Carnival! |
| 1. Carnaval "Carnival" |
| Carnaval which is "Carnival". |
| El pasado carnaval se disfrazó de tulipán. "Last Carnival she dressed up as a tulip." |
| 2. Máscara "Mask" |
| Máscara which is "Mask". |
| Typical tour like some mask during the carnival, it's not as typical as cities in like, I don't know, Venice and so, but yeah, it still is can be part of the costume. |
| El se puso una máscara de león. "He wore a lion mask." |
| 3. Entierro de la Sardina "Burial of the Sardine" |
| In some places like they do our parade at the end, they symbolically bury a sardine, and it's supposed to symbolize, like, the past. They wished like to start anew. |
| Me parece extraño que entierren una sardina durante el Entierro de la Sardina. "I find strange that they bury a sardine in the Burial of the Sardine." |
| 4. Reina del Carnaval "Carnival Queen" |
| So especially in the Canary Islands, they do this competition. I don't know how many, but like a few girls wear like super big and heavy dresses. They weigh a ton and they go out and dance a little bit and they have to be really careful. |
| Me gustó mucho el vestido de la Reina del Carnaval de este año. "I really liked the dress from the Carnival Queen of this year." |
| 5. Carnaval de Tenerife "Carnival of Tenerife" |
| So, inside the Canary Islands, the most famous carnival takes place in Tenerife. |
| Siempre puedes ver imágenes del Carnaval de Tenerife en la televisión. "You can always see images from the Carnival of Tenerife on television." |
| This is the end of today's Spanish weekly words, holidays edition. I hope you learn something interesting. Thank you for watching this video. |
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