Spooky Spanish Vocabulary
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Halloween is not a traditional Spanish or Latin American holiday, but learning the Spanish translations for Halloween vocabulary can be fun, especially for younger students. Happy Halloween!
"Trick or treat!" might be said as
- Dulce o travesura
- Dulce o truco
- Treta o trato
- Truco o trato
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Halloween | jalogüin (transliteration) la víspera del día de Todos los Santos |
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| October | octubre | ||
| October 31 | el trenta y uno de octubre | ||
| fall, autumn | otoño | ||
| All Saints’ Day | el Día de Todos los Santos | ||
| November 1st | el primero noviembre | ||
| Day of the Dead | el Día de Muertos |  |
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| costume | un disfraz | ||
| bat | un murciélago | ||
| black cat | un gato negro | ||
| devil | el diablo | ||
| ghost | un fantasma | ||
| goblin | un duende | ||
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Grim Reaper | La Muerte La Parca La Huesuda La Pelona |
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| mask | una máscara | ||
| monster | un monstruo | ||
| mummy | una momia | ||
| scarecrow | un espantapájaros | ||
| skeleton | un esqueleto | ||
| spider | una araña |  |
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| vampire | un vampiro | ||
| werewolf | un hombre-lobo | ||
| witch | una bruja | ||
| witch’s hat | un sombero de bruja | ||
| zombie | un zombi | ||
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Halloween Decorations | Decoraciones de Halloween | |
| broom | una escoba | ||
| candle | una vela | ||
| cemetery | un cementerio | ||
| full moon | una luna llena | ||
| haunted house | una casa embrujada |  |
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| horror movie | una película de miedo / terror | ||
| jack-o’-lantern | una calabaza de Halloween una lámpara de calabaza |
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| leaf | una hoja | ||
| pumpkin | una calabaza | ||
| skull | un cráneo | ||
| spider web | una telaraña | ||
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tombstone | una lápida, una piedra sepulcral | |
| Halloween Verbs | Verbos para Halloween | ||
| to ask for | pedir | ||
| to be afraid (of) | tener miedo (de) | ||
| to carve a pumpkin | tallar una calabaza | ||
| to dress up as ___ | disfrazar como ___ |  |
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| to give | dar | ||
| to haunt | rondar | ||
| to knock on the door | tocar a la puerta | ||
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to play a trick (on someone) | gastar una broma (a alguien) | |
| to ring the doorbell | tocar el timbre | ||
| to scare | asustar | ||
| to yell | gritar | ||
More Spanish for Halloween
Fill-in-the-blanks exercises*
- Halloween (adjective agreement)
- La noche de Halloween (vocabulary)
* Note: You must be logged into your Progress with Lawless Spanish account to do these exercises. If you don’t have one, sign up – it’s free!
Listening practice
- El Día de Muertos
- Disfraz de Calavera Mexicana
- Halloween en España
- Los monstruos (song)
- No tengo miedo (song)
- Origen del Día de Muertos
Spanish Lesson Plan
- ¿Qué significa el dibujo? (Worksheet, 2nd-3rd grade)
Related features
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Spanish vocabulary for other holidays
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