quinceañera

US/ˌkɪnseɪ.ənˈjɛɹə/US/ˌkɪnsənˈjɛɹə/US/ˌkɪnsəˈnɛɹə/US/ˌkiːn-/

noun

The fifteenth birthday and particularly the celebration and ceremony surrounding it for a young Latina woman.

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Meanings

nounquinceañera (plural quinceañeras)

plural quinceañeras · alternative quinceanera · alternative quince

  1. USThe fifteenth birthday and particularly the celebration and ceremony surrounding it for a young Latina woman.

    Any given night will find moms with their shoulders mounded with chrysanthemums and daughters decked out in quinceañera lace.

    1987, Texas Monthly

Origin

  1. Spanishquinceañera
  2. Englishquinceañera

Borrowed from Spanish quinceañera (literally “fifteen-year-old”), feminine of quinceañero, from quince años (“fifteen years”) + -ero.

More words from Spanish

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Translations

French fête des quinze ans, quinceañera
  • fête des quinze ansfifteenth birthday celebration for a young woman
  • quinceañerafifteenth birthday celebration for a young woman
German Quinceañera, Quinceanera
  • Quinceañerafifteenth birthday celebration for a young woman
  • Quinceanerafifteenth birthday celebration for a young woman
Italian quinceañera, festa dei quindici anni
  • quinceañerafifteenth birthday celebration for a young woman
  • festa dei quindici annififteenth birthday celebration for a young woman
Japanese キンセアニェーラ
  • キンセアニェーラ (kinseanyēra)fifteenth birthday celebration for a young woman
Korean 킨세아녜라
  • 킨세아녜라 (kinseanyera)fifteenth birthday celebration for a young woman
Persian کویینسس
  • کویینسس (kovyinses)fifteenth birthday celebration for a young woman
Polish quinceañera
  • quinceañerafifteenth birthday celebration for a young woman
Portuguese festa de debutante, festa de quinze anos
  • festa de debutantefifteenth birthday celebration for a young woman
  • festa de quinze anosfifteenth birthday celebration for a young woman
Russian кинсеанье́ра
  • кинсеанье́ра (kinseanʹjéra)fifteenth birthday celebration for a young woman
Spanish quinceañera, fiesta de quince años
  • quinceañerafifteenth birthday celebration for a young woman
  • fiesta de quince añosfifteenth birthday celebration for a young woman
  • fiesta de quincefifteenth birthday celebration for a young woman
  • quinceañosfifteenth birthday celebration for a young woman
Ukrainian кінсеаньє́ра
  • кінсеаньє́ра (kinseanʹjéra)fifteenth birthday celebration for a young woman

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with quinceañera

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Chicago

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