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Hispanic Culture & Traditions in Spanish · C1

70 Spanish words and phrases for hispanic culture & traditions, at C1 level. Each entry shows the word, how to read it, what it means, and a full example sentence with translation.

  1. el acervo
    body of cultural wealth; store (of traditions, knowledge)

    Esas coplas forman parte del acervo popular.

    Those folk verses are part of the popular cultural store.

  2. la idiosincrasia
    distinctive character; national temperament

    El humor negro es parte de nuestra idiosincrasia.

    Dark humor is part of our national temperament.

  3. el mecenazgo
    patronage (of the arts)

    Sin mecenazgo privado, el museo no habría sobrevivido.

    Without private patronage, the museum would not have survived.

  4. la efeméride
    commemorative date; anniversary of a historic event

    La ciudad conmemora la efeméride con un acto solemne.

    The city marks the anniversary with a solemn ceremony.

  5. la usanza
    usage; manner (as in "a la antigua usanza")

    Celebraron la boda a la antigua usanza.

    They held the wedding in the old-fashioned way.

  6. autóctono
    native; indigenous (to a place)

    Aún se conservan varias danzas autóctonas.

    Several native dances are still preserved.

  7. el linaje
    lineage; ancestry

    Presume de un linaje que se remonta al siglo quince.

    He boasts of a lineage going back to the fifteenth century.

  8. la romería
    pilgrimage festival (with picnic and music)

    Miles de peregrinos acuden cada año a la romería.

    Thousands of pilgrims come to the pilgrimage festival every year.

  9. el crisol de culturas
    melting pot of cultures

    Esa ciudad portuaria fue siempre un crisol de culturas.

    That port city was always a melting pot of cultures.

  10. perdurar
    to endure; to last over time

    Pocas costumbres perduran sin transformarse.

    Few customs endure without being transformed.

  11. la impronta
    imprint; lasting mark

    La cultura mudéjar dejó su impronta en toda la comarca.

    Mudejar culture left its imprint on the whole district.

  12. la raigambre
    deep roots; long-established tradition

    Es una fiesta de honda raigambre campesina.

    It is a festival with deep peasant roots.

  13. la cofradía
    religious brotherhood (organizes processions)

    Cada cofradía saca su propio paso a la calle.

    Each brotherhood takes its own float out into the street.

  14. el fervor
    fervor; passionate devotion

    La procesión se vive con un fervor difícil de explicar.

    The procession is experienced with a fervor that is hard to explain.

  15. la verbena
    open-air night festival

    La verbena se alargó hasta el amanecer.

    The street party went on until dawn.

  16. el jolgorio
    merrymaking; boisterous revelry

    Tras la misa empezó el jolgorio en la plaza.

    After the Mass, the revelry began in the square.

  17. el arraigo
    rootedness; attachment to a place

    El arraigo al pueblo pesa más que el salario.

    Attachment to the village weighs more than the salary.

  18. la pervivencia
    survival; continued existence

    La pervivencia del oficio depende de unos pocos maestros.

    The survival of the craft depends on a handful of masters.

  19. desvirtuar
    to distort; to strip of its true nature

    El exceso de turismo ha desvirtuado la celebración.

    Excessive tourism has stripped the celebration of its true character.

  20. la apropiación cultural
    cultural appropriation

    El debate sobre la apropiación cultural sigue abierto.

    The debate on cultural appropriation is still open.

  21. el imaginario colectivo
    the collective imagination

    Esa figura está instalada en el imaginario colectivo.

    That figure is firmly lodged in the collective imagination.

  22. el rito de paso
    rite of passage

    Para muchos, ese viaje es un auténtico rito de paso.

    For many, that journey is a genuine rite of passage.

  23. la orfebrería
    gold and silver work

    La orfebrería colonial alcanzó una finura extraordinaria.

    Colonial gold and silver work reached extraordinary refinement.

  24. la alfarería
    pottery (the craft)

    En ese barrio la alfarería se hereda de padres a hijos.

    In that quarter, pottery is handed down from parents to children.

  25. la tertulia
    regular gathering for conversation; discussion circle

    Aquella tertulia de café reunía a los mejores escritores.

    That café discussion circle brought together the finest writers.

  26. el costumbrismo
    costumbrismo (art depicting local customs)

    Su pintura se mueve entre el costumbrismo y la crítica social.

    His painting moves between depicting local customs and social criticism.

  27. el atuendo
    attire; outfit

    El atuendo ceremonial se borda a mano durante meses.

    The ceremonial attire is embroidered by hand over months.

  28. entrañable
    endearing; deeply cherished

    Es una costumbre entrañable que nadie quiere perder.

    It is an endearing custom that nobody wants to lose.

  29. añejo
    aged; long-standing

    Mantienen una rivalidad añeja entre los dos barrios.

    The two neighborhoods keep up a long-standing rivalry.

  30. la solera
    long-established character; venerable tradition

    Es un café con solera, abierto desde 1890.

    It is a café with real pedigree, open since 1890.

  31. la salvaguardia
    safeguarding (of heritage)

    La ley prevé la salvaguardia del patrimonio inmaterial.

    The law provides for the safeguarding of intangible heritage.

  32. enaltecer
    to extol; to exalt

    El discurso enalteció el papel de las mujeres artesanas.

    The speech extolled the role of women artisans.

  33. la aculturación
    acculturation

    El proceso de aculturación fue lento pero implacable.

    The process of acculturation was slow but relentless.

  34. el arquetipo
    archetype

    Ese personaje encarna el arquetipo del héroe popular.

    That character embodies the archetype of the folk hero.

  35. el bagaje cultural
    cultural background; cultural baggage

    Cada emigrante llega con su propio bagaje cultural.

    Every emigrant arrives with their own cultural background.

  36. hacer gala de
    to display proudly; to show off (a quality)

    Los anfitriones hicieron gala de una hospitalidad envidiable.

    The hosts displayed an enviable hospitality.

  37. donde fueres, haz lo que vieres
    when in Rome, do as the Romans do

    Ya sabes: donde fueres, haz lo que vieres.

    You know how it goes: when in Rome, do as the Romans do.

  38. de rancio abolengo
    of old, aristocratic stock (often ironic)

    Presume de ser una familia de rancio abolengo.

    He boasts of belonging to a family of old aristocratic stock.

  39. echar la casa por la ventana
    to spare no expense (for a celebration)

    Para la boda echaron la casa por la ventana.

    For the wedding they spared no expense.

  40. de toda la vida
    long-standing; the same as ever

    Cenamos en la taberna de toda la vida.

    We had dinner at the same old tavern we've always gone to.

  41. Cuanto más se folcloriza una fiesta, más riesgo corre de perder su sentido original.
    The more a festival is turned into folklore, the greater the risk of losing its original meaning.
  42. Conviene distinguir entre el respeto por lo ancestral y la idealización del pasado.
    It is worth distinguishing between respect for what is ancestral and idealization of the past.
  43. De no ser por unas cuantas familias, ese oficio se habría extinguido hace décadas.
    Were it not for a handful of families, that trade would have died out decades ago.
  44. Lejos de desaparecer, la romería ha ido ganando adeptos entre los jóvenes.
    Far from disappearing, the pilgrimage festival has been winning followers among young people.
  45. Sea cual sea su origen, esta costumbre ya forma parte del acervo local.
    Whatever its origin, this custom is now part of the local cultural store.
  46. El barroco americano no se entiende sin el diálogo entre lo europeo y lo autóctono.
    American Baroque cannot be understood without the dialogue between the European and the native.
  47. Se diría que cada generación reinventa las tradiciones que dice heredar.
    One might say that each generation reinvents the very traditions it claims to inherit.
  48. La lengua es, quizá, la manifestación más íntima de la idiosincrasia de un pueblo.
    Language is perhaps the most intimate expression of a people's distinctive character.
  49. El mecenazgo empresarial ha permitido restaurar retablos que estaban condenados.
    Corporate patronage has made it possible to restore altarpieces that were doomed.
  50. Ojalá hubiéramos documentado esos cantos antes de que murieran los últimos intérpretes.
    If only we had documented those songs before the last performers died.
  51. Buena parte de estas fiestas hunde sus raíces en ritos agrarios precristianos.
    A good share of these festivals has its roots in pre-Christian agrarian rites.
  52. No se trata de congelar la tradición, sino de permitir que evolucione sin desvirtuarse.
    It is not about freezing tradition, but about letting it evolve without being distorted.
  53. Aquella tertulia literaria marcó a toda una generación de escritores.
    That literary circle left its mark on an entire generation of writers.
  54. Por más que se hable de crisol de culturas, la integración real dista de ser completa.
    However much people talk about a melting pot, real integration is far from complete.
  55. El primero de noviembre, las familias echan la casa por la ventana para honrar a los suyos.
    On the first of November, families spare no expense to honor their loved ones.
  56. Quien viaja sin prejuicios acaba entendiendo aquello de «donde fueres, haz lo que vieres».
    Anyone who travels without prejudice ends up understanding the saying "when in Rome, do as the Romans do".
  57. La salvaguardia del patrimonio inmaterial exige mucho más que un reconocimiento oficial.
    Safeguarding intangible heritage demands far more than official recognition.
  58. Muchos emigrantes conservan un arraigo que sus propios hijos ya no comparten.
    Many emigrants keep an attachment to their roots that their own children no longer share.
  59. Ese bar de toda la vida ha sobrevivido a tres crisis y a dos generaciones de vecinos.
    That same old bar has survived three crises and two generations of neighbors.
  60. Sorprende el fervor con que se vive una celebración que muchos creían agonizante.
    The fervor with which a celebration many thought was dying is lived out is striking.
  61. Con el paso de los siglos, la aculturación acabó borrando buena parte de aquellas creencias.
    Over the centuries, acculturation ended up erasing much of those beliefs.
  62. Su obra enaltece un mundo rural que estaba desapareciendo ante sus ojos.
    His work extols a rural world that was vanishing before his eyes.
  63. Habría que preguntarse dónde termina el homenaje y dónde empieza la apropiación cultural.
    One ought to ask where homage ends and cultural appropriation begins.
  64. El atuendo, los cantos y hasta los silencios están cargados de significado ritual.
    The attire, the chants and even the silences are laden with ritual meaning.
  65. Pese a las presiones del mercado, la alfarería del pueblo ha logrado perdurar.
    Despite market pressures, the village's pottery has managed to endure.
  66. Lo que para unos es un rito de paso, para otros no pasa de ser una excusa para el jolgorio.
    What is a rite of passage for some is, for others, no more than an excuse to party.
  67. Nadie diría que una familia de rancio abolengo acabaría viviendo de la hostelería.
    No one would have guessed that a family of old aristocratic stock would end up making a living from hospitality.
  68. La verbena de agosto es, para el barrio, una efeméride tan sagrada como cualquier fiesta oficial.
    The August street party is, for the neighborhood, a date as sacred as any official holiday.
  69. Los anfitriones hicieron gala de una generosidad que nos dejó sin palabras.
    The hosts displayed a generosity that left us speechless.
  70. A fin de cuentas, ninguna cultura se explica sin lo que ha tomado prestado de las demás.
    At the end of the day, no culture can be explained without what it has borrowed from others.

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