catrina

See also: Catrina

English

Catrinas

From Spanish, from an etching titled La Calavera Catrina by Jose Guadalupe Posada that showed a skeleton wearing an elegant, European-style hat.

Noun

catrina (plural catrinas)

  1. An elegantly-dressed skeleton figure; used as a symbol of the Day of the Dead, or Dia de los Muertos, celebration.

Anagrams

Spanish

Adjective

catrina

  1. Feminine singular of adjective catrín.
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