Ready to send shivers down your friends’ spines? 👻
In this episode of Spanish for Beginners with Marco, you’ll step into the spooky world of Halloween while learning practical Spanish vocabulary.
Get ready for a spooktacular lesson where you’ll learn essential Spanish words to talk about decorations, costumes, and Halloween traditions.
In this lesson, you’ll learn:
👻 Halloween words for decorations, costumes, and trick or treat
🎃 Verbs to describe common activities during el Día de Brujas
🎧 A Spanish listening activity to put everything into practice
Ready? ¡Vamos!
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Spanish Vocabulary for Halloween Decorations
Let’s learn some Spanish Halloween words for common decorations:
- la calabaza: Pumpkin
- el adorno: decoration
- el esqueleto: skeleton
- la araña: spider
- la telaraña: cobweb
- el murciélago: bat
- el caldero: cauldron
Which ones are your favorites?
A few decades ago, many Latin American countries didn’t decorate for Halloween. In recent years, however, the celebration has become more popular, often inspired by the American tradition of the casa encantada (haunted house).
Halloween Costumes
If you’re hosting a Halloween party with your native Spanish-speaking friends, here are the names of some common costumes to spice up the festivities.
- Vampiro: Vampire
- Zombi: Zombie
- Fantasma: Ghost
- Momia: Mummy
- Pirata: Pirate
- Enfermera: nurse 😉
- Policía: police officer
Trick or Treat in Spanish
This basic Halloween phrase in Spanish is “Dulce o truco” (Literally, candy or trick), which is the equivalent of the English phrase. Another variation is “Dulce o travesura” (candy or prank).
Halloween Spanish Listening Practice
🎧 Having a hard time understanding the Halloween listening activity? Here is the transcript and translation.
La Noche de Brujas (Halloween) se celebra todos los años la noche del 31 de octubre en Estados Unidos.
Halloween is celebrated every year on the night of October 31st in the United States.
La gente decora sus casas con esqueletos, calabazas, arañas, murciélagos y otras figuras.
People decorate their houses with skeletons, pumpkins, spiders, bats, and other figures.
Los niños llevan disfraces y piden dulces en las casas del vecindario.
Children wear costumes and ask for candy at houses in the neighborhood.
Ellos golpean la puerta de sus vecinos o tocan el timbre.
They knock on their neighbors’ doors or ring the doorbell.
Cuando una persona sale, dicen “dulce o travesura”.
When someone comes out, they say “trick or treat.”
Es un día muy divertido.
It’s a very fun day.
Now that you’ve learned some vocabulary of Halloween in Spanish, get ready to have the best Halloween fiesta ever with these spooky phrases and basic Halloween vocabulary.
Whether you’re trick-or-treating or hosting a haunted gathering, impress native Spanish speakers with your new Halloween vocabulary.
Embrace the Halloween spirit and make this year’s celebration the most spooktacular one yet.
¡Feliz Noche de Brujas! 🎃 (Happy Halloween)
Need More Spooky Spanish Content?
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- 💀 Day of the Dead in Mexico
- 😭 La Llorona: The Weeping Woman
- 👹 El Chupacabras: A Latin American Horror Creature
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