quinceañera

• quinceanera

quinceañera dresses parading in Mexico City

Borrowed from Spanish quinceañera (literally “fifteen-year-old”), feminine of quinceañero, from quince años (“fifteen years”) + -ero.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkɪnseɪ.ənˈjɛɹə/
• Rhymes: -ɛɹə

quinceañera (plural quinceañeras)

1. (chiefly US) The fifteenth birthday and particularly the celebration and ceremony surrounding it for a young Latina woman.
   • 1987, Texas Monthly:

     Any given night will find moms with their shoulders mounded with chrysanthemums and daughters decked out in quinceañera lace.

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From quince años (“fifteen years”) +‎ -era, with implied fiesta (“party”) when referring to the celebration.

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /ˌkinθeaˈɲeɾa/, [ˌkĩn̟θeaˈɲeɾa]
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /ˌkinseaˈɲeɾa/, [ˌkĩnseaˈɲeɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Hyphenation: quin‧ce‧a‧ñe‧ra

quinceañera f (plural quinceañeras, masculine quinceañero, masculine plural quinceañeros)

1. female equivalent of quinceañero: fifteen-year-old (girl)
2. (Latin America, chiefly Mexico and US, only in the feminine) quinceañera (fifteenth birthday celebration for a young woman)

• (fifteenth birthday celebration): fiesta de quince años, fiesta de quince, quinceaños

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