Navidad

See also: navidad

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Navidad. The surname is mostly found in the Philippines.

Proper noun

Navidad (countable and uncountable, plural Navidads)

1. A city in Chile.
2. A surname from Spanish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Navidad is the 37229^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 599 individuals. Navidad is most common among Hispanic/Latino (81.47%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (14.02%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Navidad”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 653.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish nauidat, naduidad, from Latin nātīvitātem (“birth”), from nātīvus, from perfect passive participle nātus (“born”), from deponent verb nāsci (“be born”). Doublet of natividad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nabiˈdad/ [na.β̞iˈð̞að̞]

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• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: Na‧vi‧dad

Proper noun

Navidad f (plural Navidades, generally capitalized)

1. Nativity; the birth of Jesus Christ
2. Christmas; the feast day celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ
3. (sometimes used in the plural) Christmastide, Christmas time, Christmas season, the time between the first day of Christmas and Epiphany

   el Fantasma de las Navidades Pasadas ― the Ghost of Christmas Past

4. Navidad (a city in Chile)
5. (rare) a surname

Alternative forms

• navidad (Christmas day)

Synonyms

• (Christmas): Crismes (New Mexico)

Derived terms

• árbol de Navidad
• calcetín de Navidad
• corona de Navidad
• feliz Navidad
• Isla de Navidad
• rosa de Navidad
• tarjeta de Navidad
• tronco de Navidad

 

Related terms

• nacer
• nadal
• navidaíno
• navideño