{"id":6649,"date":"2013-03-28T13:05:08","date_gmt":"2013-03-28T17:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=6649"},"modified":"2014-07-15T15:23:56","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T19:23:56","slug":"easter-vocabulary-a-quick-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/easter-vocabulary-a-quick-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Easter vocabulary, a quick review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Easter is here once more!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As I have talked about our traditions in some previous posts (<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/semana-santa-spain\/\">Semana Santa in Spain<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/la-saeta-sentir-flamenco\/\">La Saeta, sentir flamenco<\/a>) today I want to make a quick review of some words you\u2019ll hear everywhere if you are spending these days in Spain.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Saeta<\/strong>: Flamenco verse sung at processions in Holy Week<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Paso: <\/strong>religious image of Christ or the Virgin Mary representing one of the different moments from the last day in the life of Christ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Saetero:<\/strong>saeta singer<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Penitencia<\/strong>: penance after sin repent<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Penitente, nazareno: <\/strong>\u00a0penitent, (Yes, the ones looking like the Ku Klux Klan members&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Capirote<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>pointed hood, what penitents wear in their heads.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Costaleros<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> bearers of the sacred images<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Cuaresma:<\/strong> Lent, the period of time previous Easter (forty days)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Mi\u00e9rcoles<\/strong><strong>de Ceniza<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> Ash Wednesday, the first day after Carnival<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Domingo<\/strong><strong>de Ramos<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> Palm Sunday, the day Easter begins<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Procesi\u00f3n: <\/strong>procession<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Mantilla<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>shawl, typical cloth that women use to cover their heads in the processions, fastened with a comb.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Cofrad\u00eda<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> brotherhood, groups of people devoted to the same image.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Imagen<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong><strong>religious<\/strong>image of Christ or the Virgin Mary<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Via Crucis<\/strong>: the representation in <em>pasos<\/em> of Christ\u00b4s last day of life and Crucifixion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But as you know, every festivity has its own dishes and desserts, so here you have! (I have shared the recipies of some of them, so click on each dessert to read them).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/y-de-postre-%C2%A1arroz-con-leche\/\"><strong>Arroz con leche<\/strong><\/a>: rice pudding<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Torrijas<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>French toast,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/pestinos-un-dulce-de-semana-santa\/\"><strong>Pesti\u00f1os<\/strong><\/a><strong>:<\/strong> fried dough covered in honey<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Bu\u00f1uelos<\/strong>: fritters<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Leche frita<\/strong>: fried milk<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/spanish-fried-roscos\/\"><strong>Roscos fritos<\/strong><\/a>: Fried doughnuts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"316\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/03\/Ruta-iglesias-Albaicin-2013-03-28-020-2-316x350.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/03\/Ruta-iglesias-Albaicin-2013-03-28-020-2-316x350.jpg 316w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/03\/Ruta-iglesias-Albaicin-2013-03-28-020-2-768x850.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/03\/Ruta-iglesias-Albaicin-2013-03-28-020-2-925x1024.jpg 925w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 316px) 100vw, 316px\" \/><p>Easter is here once more! As I have talked about our traditions in some previous posts (Semana Santa in Spain and La Saeta, sentir flamenco) today I want to make a quick review of some words you\u2019ll hear everywhere if you are spending these days in Spain. 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