Aguinaldo
/[ʔɐ.ɡɪˈn̪al.d̪o]/ name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A gift given at Christmas or at the Feast of the Epiphany. countable, uncountable
- 2 A gift given on any other holiday or occasion. countable, uncountable
- 3 Christmas pay bonus; Christmas box. countable, uncountable
- 4 A Christmas carol. Latin-America, countable, uncountable
- 5 A song performed in this style. countable, uncountable
"And he bracketed the concert with joyfully Latin pop: opening the show with towering drums onstage and kinetic Afro-Caribbean rhythms and beginning the final song, “Tu Recuerdo” (“Your Memory”), as a Puerto Rican aguinaldo, gently plucked on the rural miniguitar called a cuatro."
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- 6 A wild tropical plant of the Convolvulaceae family, very common in Cuba and which flowers at Easter and Christmas. countable, uncountable
Proper Noun
- 1 A municipality of Ifugao, Philippines.
Example
More examples"And he bracketed the concert with joyfully Latin pop: opening the show with towering drums onstage and kinetic Afro-Caribbean rhythms and beginning the final song, “Tu Recuerdo” (“Your Memory”), as a Puerto Rican aguinaldo, gently plucked on the rural miniguitar called a cuatro."
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish aguinaldo.