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Day of the Dead Words in Spanish worksheet

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Write each word in Spanish, with el or la.

Remembrance

  1. Day of the Dead
  2. remembrance
  3. deceased person
  4. soul
  5. ancestor
  6. cemetery
  7. grave
  8. gravestone
  9. vigil
  10. to remember

Ofrenda elements

  1. offering / memorial display
  2. altar
  3. marigold (Day of the Dead flower)
  4. copal resin
  5. incense
  6. votive candle
  7. portrait
  8. decorative cut paper
  9. flower petal
  10. incense burner

Foods and art

  1. Day of the Dead bread
  2. sugar skull
  3. skull
  4. skeleton
  5. elegant female skeleton figure
  6. playful Day of the Dead verse
  7. tamal
  8. mole sauce
  9. atole (corn-based drink)
  10. candied pumpkin

Answer key: Day of the Dead Words in Spanish

  1. Day of the Dead el Día de Muertos (also el Día de los Muertos)
  2. remembrance el recuerdo
  3. deceased person el difunto (also la difunta)
  4. soul el alma
  5. ancestor el antepasado (also la antepasada)
  6. cemetery el cementerio (also el panteón)
  7. grave la tumba
  8. gravestone la lápida
  9. vigil la vigilia
  10. to remember recordar
  11. offering / memorial display la ofrenda
  12. altar el altar
  13. marigold (Day of the Dead flower) el cempasúchil (also el cempasúchitl)
  14. copal resin el copal
  15. incense el incienso
  16. votive candle la veladora
  17. portrait el retrato
  18. decorative cut paper el papel picado
  19. flower petal el pétalo
  20. incense burner el incensario
  21. Day of the Dead bread el pan de muerto
  22. sugar skull la calaverita de azúcar (also la calavera de azúcar)
  23. skull la calavera
  24. skeleton el esqueleto
  25. elegant female skeleton figure la Catrina
  26. playful Day of the Dead verse la calaverita literaria
  27. tamal el tamal
  28. mole sauce el mole
  29. atole (corn-based drink) el atole
  30. candied pumpkin la calabaza en tacha