Aguinaldo
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɑːɡɪˈnɑːldoʊ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Aguinaldo is a noun meaning A gift given at Christmas or at the Feast of the Epiphany.
Meaning
A gift given at Christmas or at the Feast of the Epiphany.
More Meanings
- A gift given on any other holiday or occasion.
- Christmas pay bonus; Christmas box.
- (Latin America) A Christmas carol.
- A song performed in this style.
- A wild tropical plant of the Convolvulaceae family, very common in Cuba and which flowers at Easter and Christmas.
Example Sentences
And he bracketed the concert with joyfully Latin pop: opening the show with towering drums onstage and kinetic Afro-Caribbean rhythms and beginning the final song, “Tu Recuerdo” (“Your Memory”), as a Puerto Rican aguinaldo, gently plucked on the rural miniguitar called a cuatro.
Word Forms
- aguinaldos
Related Words
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