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calavera

calavera noun: sugar skull.

calavera: sugar skull
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Noun

calavera (plural calaveras)

  1. sugar skull

Forms of calavera

pluralcalaveras

Origin of calavera

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish calavera (literally “skull”). Doublet of calvaria and calvary.

Questions about calavera

What does calavera mean?
Calavera means sugar skull.
What part of speech is calavera?
Calavera is a noun.
What is the plural of calavera?
The plural of calavera is calaveras.

Words near calavera in the dictionary

  1. Calauag
  2. Calauan
  3. calavance
  4. calavances
  5. calavarial
  6. calavera
  7. calaveras
  8. Calaveras County
  9. Calaveras warbler
  10. Calaveras warblers
  11. calaverite

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