mañanitas in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for mañanitas in the Spanish»English Dictionary

mañanitas Info

mañanitas

In Mexico, a short love song sung on someone's birthday, santo, or in honor of an important person. It is also a song that mariachis sing at dawn serenades mariachi. The music of the song is almost always the same, but the verses vary according to the subject matter.

See also santo, santo², santo¹, mariachi, mariachi

santo Info

santo

Most first names in Spanish-speaking countries are those of saints. A person's santo, (also known as onomástico in Latin America and onomástica in Spain) is the saint's day of the saint that they are named for. Children were once usually named for the saint whose day they were born on, but this is less common now.

I.santo² (santa) N m (f) santo

1. santo (persona):

santo (santa)

saint

imágenes de santos

images of saints

se ha portado como una santa

she's been a little angel

no te hagas el santo

don't act o come over all virtuous

se necesita una paciencia de santo para ese trabajo

you need the patience of a saint to do that kind of work

tu madre es una santa

your mother's a saint

la fiesta de todos los Santos

All Saints' (Day)

¡por todos los santos!

for Heaven's o goodness' sake!

¿a santo de qué? o ¿a qué santo? inf

why on earth? inf

¿a qué santo tuviste que ir a decírselo?

why on earth did you have to go and tell him?

cada uno o cada cual para su santo inf nada de pagar tú todo, cada uno para su santo

you're not footing the bill, everyone can pay for themselves o pay their share

trabaja cada cual para su santo

everyone is just working for themselves

comerse los santos inf

to be very holy

con el santo de espaldas

ill-starred

con el santo de espaldas

unlucky

darse de santos Mex inf

to think oneself lucky inf

desnudar o desvestir a un santo para vestir a otro

to rob Peter to pay Paul

ni tanto que queme al santo, ni tanto que no lo alumbre Col

try to strike a happy medium

no es santo de mi/tu/su devoción

he/she is not my/your/his favorite person

no sé/sabía a qué santo encomendarme inf

I don't/didn't know which way to turn inf

quedarse para vestir santos

to be left on the shelf

se me/le fue el santo al cielo

it went right out of my/his head

ser llegar y besar el santo inf no te creas que fue llegar y besar el santo

don't think it was just handed to me/him on a plate o that it just fell into my/his lap

te/le sienta como a un santo un par de pistolas inf, hum

it looks awful on you/him o it doesn't suit you/him at all

tener santos en la corte Chil inf

to have friends in high places inf

2. santo Chil (homenajeado):

santo (santa)

person who is celebrating his/her saint's day

II.santo N m

santo (festividad)

name day

santo (festividad)

saint's day

santo (cumpleaños) esp. LatAm

birthday

santo¹ (santa) ADJ

1.1. santo REL:

santo (santa) lugar/mujer/vida

holy

la santa misa

holy mass

la Santa Madre Iglesia

the Holy Mother Church

los santos mártires

the blessed martyrs

tu abuelo, que fue un santo varón

your grandfather, who was a saintly man o a saint

fue un hombre santo y bueno

he was a good and saintly man

1.2. santo REL (con nombre propio):

santo (santa)

St

santo (santa)

Saint

Santa Teresa/Rosa

Saint Theresa/Rosa

Santo Domingo/Tomás

Saint Dominic/Thomas

2. santo inf (uso enfático):

estuvo lloviendo todo el santo día

it rained the whole blessed day inf

siempre tenemos que hacer su santa voluntad

we always have to do what he wants

mariachi Info

mariachi

The word can mean the traditional Mexican musical ensembles, the lively mestizo music that they play, and the dance performed to it.
The instruments used by mariachis are the guitar, harp, vihuela (an early form of guitar), violin, and trumpet. Mariachis wearing costumes based on those worn by charros charro can be seen in the plaza Garibaldi, in Mexico City, where they are hired for parties, or to sing mañanitas or serenades.

mariachi N m

mariachi

mariachi musician

sones de mariachi

mariachi music

mañanita N f mañanitas

1. mañanita (madrugada):

de mañanita

very early in the morning

de mañanita

at the crack of dawn

2. mañanita FASHION:

mañanita

wrap

mañanita

shawl (worn in bed)

mañanita (con mangas)

bed jacket

3. mañanita <mañanitas fpl > (en México):

mañanitas

song often sung on birthdays

See also mañanitas

mañanitas Info

mañanitas

In Mexico, a short love song sung on someone's birthday, santo, or in honor of an important person. It is also a song that mariachis sing at dawn serenades mariachi. The music of the song is almost always the same, but the verses vary according to the subject matter.

Translations for mañanitas in the English»Spanish Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

night-night

hasta mañanita inf

attr bed jacket

mañanita f

mañanitas in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for mañanitas in the Spanish»English Dictionary

mañanita N f

1. mañanita (prenda):

mañanita

bed jacket

2. mañanita Mex (canción):

mañanita

serenade

Translations for mañanitas in the English»Spanish Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

night-night

hasta mañanita

serenade

mañanita f Mex

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

Spanish

Irene no era así, tejía cosas siempre necesarias, tricotas para el invierno, medias para mí, mañanitas y chalecos para ella.

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