Sugar skull in Spanish
Sugar skull in Spanish is calaverita de azúcar (kah-lah-beh-REE-tah deh ah-SOO-kahr), or calavera de azúcar. It's feminine: la calaverita de azúcar.
- Spanish
- la calaverita de azúcar
- Say it
- lah kah-lah-beh-REE-tah deh ah-SOO-kahr
- Gender
- Feminine: la calaverita de azúcar
- Also said
- la calavera de azúcar
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Spanish Day of the Dead food and art terms
The other words in step 3 of Day of the Dead Words in Spanish.
- el pan de muertoDay of the Dead bread · el PAHN deh MWEHR-toh
- la calaveraskull · lah kah-lah-BEH-rah
- el esqueletoskeleton · el ehs-keh-LEH-toh
- la Catrinaelegant female skeleton figure · lah kah-TREE-nah
- la calaverita literariaplayful Day of the Dead verse · lah kah-lah-beh-REE-tah lee-teh-RAH-ryah
- el tamaltamal · el tah-MAHL
- el molemole sauce · el MOH-leh
- el atoleatole (corn-based drink) · el ah-TOH-leh
- la calabaza en tachacandied pumpkin · lah kah-lah-BAH-sah en TAH-chah
Questions about calaverita de azúcar
How do you say sugar skull in Spanish?
Sugar skull in Spanish is la calaverita de azúcar. You can also say la calavera de azúcar.
How do you pronounce calaverita de azúcar?
Say it kah-lah-beh-REE-tah deh ah-SOO-kahr. The syllables in capitals are stressed: REE and SOO. This guide follows Latin American Spanish.
Is calaverita de azúcar masculine or feminine in Spanish?
calaverita de azúcar is feminine, so it takes la: la calaverita de azúcar.
What does calaverita de azúcar mean in English?
In English, la calaverita de azúcar means sugar skull.
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