Paceville in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for Paceville in the Spanish»English Dictionary

vaudeville [boðeˈβil] N m

vaudeville → vodevil

See also vodevil

vodevil N m

vodevil

vaudeville Am

vodevil

variety Brit

Sevilla N f

Sevilla

Seville

el que se fue a Sevilla, perdió su silla

if you go away you can't expect people to keep your place for you

Feria de Sevilla Info

Feria de Sevilla

A two-week celebration in Seville, Spain, starting two weeks after Semana Santa.
The fair centers around the fairground in the south of Seville with many and varied amusement stands and food stalls. Another feature is the famous casetas. These are wooden houses that serve as private places in which the peña, clubs formed by people taking part in the fair, gather to dance, sing, eat and drink.

See also Semana Santa, Semana Santa, peña, peña

Semana Santa N f

Semana Santa

Holy Week

fuimos a Escocia en Semana Santa

we went to Scotland at Easter

Semana Santa Info

Semana Santa

The most famous celebrations of Holy Week in the Spanish-speaking world are held in Seville. Lay brotherhoods, cofradías, process through the city in huge parades between Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday. Costaleros bear the pasos, huge floats carrying religious figures made of painted wood. Others, nazarenos (Nazarenes) and penitentes (penitents) walk alongside the pasos, in their distinctive costumes. During the processions they sing saetas, flamenco verses mourning Christ's passion. The Seville celebrations date back to the sixteenth century.

peña Info

peña

In Spain, peñas are associations for leisure activities. At some popular fiestas such as the Feria de Sevilla and Sanfermines people form peñas to organize different activities and celebrate.
There are sporting peñas for fans of different soccer clubs. Others center on games, such as those that organize championships for the card game mus and peñas quinielísticas, syndicates to make joint entries for the quiniela.

peña N f peña

1. peña (roca):

peña

crag

peña

rock

2. peña (grupo):

peña

circle

peña

group

peña folklórica

folk club

peña taurina

bullfighting club

la peña madridista en Santiago

the Real Madrid supporters' club in Santiago

novillero (novillera) N m (f)

novillero (novillera)

apprentice bullfighter (who fights young bulls)

villero (villera) N m (f) Arg

villero (villera)

shanty dweller

Paceville in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for Paceville in the Spanish»English Dictionary

novillero (-a) [no·βi·ˈje·ro, -a; -ˈʎe·ro, -a] N m (f)

1. novillero (torero):

novillero (-a)

apprentice bullfighter

2. novillero (escuela):

novillero (-a)

truant