Hanukkah

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Festive Spanish Vocabulary

The Jewish festival of Hanukkah lasts for eight days sometime between late November and the end of each year. The dates vary because they are not based on the Gregorian calendar, aka solar calendar. Hanukkah begins on the 25th of Kislev, the ninth month in the Hebrew calendar.

How do you say Hanukkah in Spanish?

Spanish, unlike English and French, has a sound equivalent to the H at the begining of Hanukkah, which means there is a single correct Spanish spelling: janucá.

So "Happy Hanukkah!" is ¡Feliz janucá!

Hanukkah is also known by two other names:

1. The Festival of Lights – la Fiesta de las Luminarias
2. The Feast of Dedication – la Fiesta de la dedicación
   

	Decorations and Details		Décoraciones y detalles
	blessing		una bendición
	candle		una vela
	coin		una moneda
	December		diciembre
	door		una puerta
	Dreidel (spinning top)		la peonza
	eight days		ocho días
	family		la familia
	game		un juego
	gift		un regalo
	Jewish		judío
	kosher		kosher
	menorah		la januquiá
	miracle		un milagro
	November		noviembre
	pocket money		el dinero para gastos
	prayer		una oración
	rabbi		el rabino
	Sabbath		el sabbat
	song		una canción
	star of David		la estrella de David
	sunset		la puesta del sol
	temple		el templo
	victory		la victoria
	window		una ventana
	Hanukkah Foods		Alimentos de Hanoucca
	applesauce		la compota de manzana
	bread		el pan
	cheese		el queso
	dairy products		los productos lácteos
	doughnut		el dona, el buñuelo
	milk		la leche
	oil		el aceite
	potato pancake, latke		una tortita de patata
	sour cream		la crema agria
	Hanukkah Verbs		Verbos de Hanoucca
	to burn		quemar
	to eat		comer
	to fry		freír
	to light (the menorah)		encender (la januquiá)
	to sing		cantar

 * Una januquiá is a special nine-branched menorah for Hanukkah. A regular seven-branched menorah is called una menorá.
 

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	Bilingual article: Janucá

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