Day of the Dead/Coco

la celebración

celebration

para honrar

in order to honor

los muertos

dead people, deceased

el cementerio

cemetery, graveyard

la tumba

tomb, grave

las flores

flowers

cempasúchil

marigold flower

el altar (la ofrenda)

altar / offerings to honor the dead

las fotos

photos

la comida

food

el pan de muerto

bread of the dead

el papel picado

cut-paper decorations

las candelas

candles- placed on the altar to guide the souls to the altar

las calacas

the skeletal figures that represent death

La película

movie

el/la tatarabuelo/a

great-great-grandfather/grandmother

el/la bisabuelo/a

great-grandfather/great-grandmother

la chancla

sandals/flip flops

le gusta(n)

he/she likes

música

music

la guitarra

guitar

toca

s/he plays (instrument)

canta

he/she sings

una canción

a song

un músico

male musician

el alebrije

fantastic and spiritual wooden/paper carved animals

está muerto/muerta

he/she is dead

está triste

he/she is sad

hace zapatos

He/she makes shoes

pone

he/she puts

ponen

they put/place