la

feminine

/naβiˈðað/

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Translation

Christmas

Word origin

From Latin nativitas, nativitatem ('birth, nativity'), from natus ('born'), past participle of nasci ('to be born'). It names the Nativity of Christ.

Origin: Latin
Root: nativitas
English cognates: nativity, native, natal

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluralnavidades

Examples

We spent Christmas with the whole family in the grandparents' village.

mucha .

Happy Christmas to everyone and may the new year bring you all great health.

The children could hardly sleep on Christmas Eve from the excitement.

quedarme .

This Christmas I want to stay home and rest.

She bought the Christmas presents well before December.

At Christmas the whole family gathers at my mother's house.

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This word is part of lesson 15.