31/10/12

Halloween - vocabulario -

TRICK OR TREAT?!! 

Seguro que ya habéis escuchado esta expresión alguna vez. El significado es "truco o trato" (es una broma diciendo que si no les das golosinas harán alguna travesura).

More vocabulary related to Halloween:


HalloweenNoche de Brujas
batmurciélago
black catgato negro
candycaramelos
cobwebtelaraña
costumedisfraz
devildiablo
ghostfantasma
haunted housecasa embrujada
magicmagia
monstermonstruo
mummymomia
pumpkincalabaza
skeletonesqueleto
spellhechizo
spideraraña
vampirevampiro
witchbruja
wizardbrujo, mago


Ancient Origins of Halloween

Halloween's origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in). The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom and northern France, celebrated their new year on November 1. This day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of year that was often associated with human death. Celts believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred.

Para seguir leyendo sobre Halloween y sus orígenes: http://www.history.com/topics/halloween