USAGE NOTE
This word is often used in the plural in the context shown in 3, and it must be preceded by the definite article when it refers to the period between Christmas and New Year as shown in the plural noun.
holiday(
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)An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).
1. (related to celebration days)
a. de las fiestas
The holiday season is over. It's time to take down the Christmas decorations.La época de las fiestas ya terminó. Es hora de quitar los adornos navideños.
2. (related to vacations) (United Kingdom)
a. de vacaciones
I spent a month in my holiday apartment.Estuve un mes en mi apartamento de vacaciones.
b. vacacional
We stayed at a holiday complex near the sea.Nos hospedamos en un complejo vacacional cerca del mar.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
3. (day of observance or celebration)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Valentine's Day is my favorite holiday.El dÃa de San ValentÃn es mi dÃa de fiesta preferido.
b. el dÃa feriado (M) (Latin America)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
Some countries have up to 20 holidays a year.Algunos paÃses tienen hasta 20 dÃas feriados al año.
d. el dÃa festivo (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Monday is a holiday so we don't have to work.El lunes es un dÃa festivo asà que no tenemos que trabajar.
e. el feriado (M) (Latin America)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
Is today a holiday? - Buddy, today's Sunday.¿Hoy es feriado? - Amigo, hoy es domingo.
4. (vacation) (United Kingdom)
a. las vacaciones (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
What did you do during your summer holidays?¿Qué hiciste durante tus vacaciones de verano?
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
5. (to vacation) (United Kingdom)
holidays
A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
6. (period between Christmas and New Year) (United States)
Regionalism used in the United States
a. las fiestas (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Are you going home for the holidays?¿Vas a casa para las fiestas?
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