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/naβiˈðað/
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
Examples
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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.
emocion.
The children could hardly sleep on Christmas Eve from the excitement.
quedarme .
This Christmas I want to stay home and rest.
diciembre.
She bought the Christmas presents well before December.
junta .
At Christmas the whole family gathers at my mother's house.
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