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词汇 quinceañera
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Definition of quinceañera in US English:

quinceañera

noun ˌkinsāənˈyerəˌkinsāənˈyerə
  • (in Latin America and among Latinos) a celebration of a girl's fifteenth birthday and her transition from childhood to adulthood, typically involving a mass followed by a party.

    weddings, baptisms, quinceañeras, birthdays, Christmas, and other holidays are all celebrations that bring families together
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They stay away from ethnic stores, forgo doctor's visits and meetings at their children's schools, and postpone girls' normally lavish quinceañeras, or 15th birthday parties.
    • It was a Monday, and over the weekend Maritza had invited him to another girl's quinceañera.
    • "Now I fulfil my dream to celebrate my quinceañera."
    • Her father had run a small jewelry store in a mall that catered mostly to young couples buying engagement rings and girls celebrating their quinceaneras.
    • People commonly commissioned fotoesculturas from traveling salesmen for various reasons and occasions, such as to celebrate weddings and quinceañeras, to memorialize the dead and to honor particular individuals.
    • I'm a professional photographer here in the San Antonio area, and my business caters to weddings and quinceañeras.
    • In my head I pretended I was a real princess, dressed up in white silk like I'm at my quinceañera.
    • The quinceanera had been a success, overall.

Origin

Spanish, feminine of quinceañero 'fifteen-year-old'.

Definition of quinceañera in US English:

quinceañera

nounˌkinsāənˈyerə
  • (in Latin America and among Latinos) a celebration of a girl's fifteenth birthday and her transition from childhood to adulthood, typically involving a mass followed by a party.

    weddings, baptisms, quinceañeras, birthdays, Christmas, and other holidays are all celebrations that bring families together
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They stay away from ethnic stores, forgo doctor's visits and meetings at their children's schools, and postpone girls' normally lavish quinceañeras, or 15th birthday parties.
    • I'm a professional photographer here in the San Antonio area, and my business caters to weddings and quinceañeras.
    • Her father had run a small jewelry store in a mall that catered mostly to young couples buying engagement rings and girls celebrating their quinceaneras.
    • "Now I fulfil my dream to celebrate my quinceañera."
    • In my head I pretended I was a real princess, dressed up in white silk like I'm at my quinceañera.
    • It was a Monday, and over the weekend Maritza had invited him to another girl's quinceañera.
    • People commonly commissioned fotoesculturas from traveling salesmen for various reasons and occasions, such as to celebrate weddings and quinceañeras, to memorialize the dead and to honor particular individuals.
    • The quinceanera had been a success, overall.

Origin

Spanish, feminine of quinceañero ‘fifteen-year-old’.

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