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Festive Spanish vocabulary
The holy month of Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. It begins about 11 days earlier each year, because the calendar is lunar and thus shorter than the Gregorian calendar, which is solar.
What is Ramadan?
Ramadan is a holy month during which nearly all Muslims* are required to fast during daylight hours (sunrise to sunset). The fast is broken at sunset with iftar (breakfast).
* Except children and anyone who is sick, traveling, menstruating, pregnant, or breastfeeding.
How do you say "Happy Ramadan" in Spanish?
- ¡Feliz Ramadán!
alms | la limosna | |
Mecca | La Meca | |
month | el mes | |
Muslim | musulmán | |
new moon | la luna nueva | |
pilgrimage | la peregrinación | |
Quran | el Corán | |
reflection | la reflexión | |
Fasting | El ayuno | |
no eating | no comer | |
no drinking | no beber | |
no smoking | no fumar | |
no sex | no tener relaciones sexuales | |
from sunrise | desde el amanecer | |
to sunset | hasta el ocaso | |
breakfast | el desayuno | |
Ramadan Foods | Alimentos de Ramadán | |
apricot | el albaricoque, el damasco | |
bell pepper | el pimiento, el pimentón | |
chickpeas | los garbanzos | |
date | el dátil | |
eggplant | la berenjena | |
fig | el higo | |
lamb | el cordero | |
milk | la leche | |
rice | el arroz | |
salad | la ensalada | |
soup | la sopa | |
zucchini | el calabacín, la calabacita | |
Ramadan Verbs | Verbos de Ramadán | |
to abstain | abstenerse | |
to break the fast | romper el ayuno | |
to fast | ayunar | |
to make a pilgrimage | hacer una peregrinación | |
to pray | rezar |
5 pillars of Islam – Los 5 pilares del islam
1. | faith | la fe | |
2. | prayer | la oración | |
3. | charity | la limosna | |
4. | fasting during Ramadan | el ayuno durante | |
5. | pilgrimage to Mecca | la peregrinación a La Meca |
The required-once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage is called Hajj and usually occurs during the last month of the year. During the last week or so of Ramadan, a lesser pilgrimage called Umrah is often made.
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