aguinaldo
/ɑːɡɪˈnɑːldoʊ/
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Philippines[ʔɐ.ɡɪˈn̪al.d̪o]
aguinaldo noun: a gift given at Christmas or at the Feast of the Epiphany.
Noun
aguinaldo (countable and uncountable, plural aguinaldos)
- A gift given at Christmas or at the Feast of the Epiphany.
- A gift given on any other holiday or occasion.
- Christmas pay bonus; Christmas box.
- A Christmas carol.
- A song performed in this style.
- 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.2007 October 16, Jon Pareles, “Planting a Love Seed at the Garden”, in New York Times
- A wild tropical plant of the Convolvulaceae family, very common in Cuba and which flowers at Easter and Christmas.
Proper noun capitalized: Aguinaldo
Aguinaldo
- A municipality of Ifugao, Philippines.
Forms of aguinaldo
| plural | aguinaldos |
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Origin of aguinaldo
Borrowed from Spanish aguinaldo.
Phrases with aguinaldo
Questions about aguinaldo
- What does aguinaldo mean?
- Aguinaldo means a gift given at Christmas or at the Feast of the Epiphany.
- What part of speech is aguinaldo?
- Aguinaldo can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce aguinaldo?
- Aguinaldo is pronounced /ɑːɡɪˈnɑːldoʊ/.
- What is the plural of aguinaldo?
- The plural of aguinaldo is aguinaldos.
Words near aguinaldo in the dictionary
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