Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A celebration of the fifteenth birthday of a Hispanic or Latina girl, typically including a Roman Catholic Mass and often serving as a social debut.
- noun The girl whose birthday is celebrated at a quinceañera.
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- noun The
fifteenth birthday and particularly the celebration and ceremony surrounding it for a young woman.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[American Spanish, from Spanish, feminine of quinceañero, fifteen years old : quince, fifteen (from Latin quīndecim; see penkwe in Indo-European roots) + año, year (from Latin annus; see at- in Indo-European roots) + -ero, adj. suff. (from Latin -ārius).]
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From Spanish quinceañera.
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sionnach commented on the word quinceañera
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March 4, 2009