carnival

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. Any of a number of festivals held just before the beginning of Lent.
2. A festive occasion marked by parades and sometimes special foods and other entertainment.
3. A traveling amusement park, called a funfair in British English.
4. A context in which transgression or inversion of the social order is given temporary license. Derived from the work of Mikhail Bakhtin.
5. A gaudily chaotic situation.

Verb

1. (informal) To participate in a carnival.
2. To move about playfully or wildly.

Conceptos

carnaval

feria

juego

junta

mercado

recreación

Carnaval

bazar

confrontación de poder

deporte

Sinónimos

festival

fair

celebration

circus

festivity

fete

Shrovetide

carnie

carney

spree

merrymaking

feast

play

binge

funfair

fun-fair

annual fair

hurdy-gurdy

bacchanal

ball

banquet

bazaar

entertainment

fiesta

film

📽️

game

holiday

market

pageant

representation

show

trade fair

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈkɑːnɪvəl/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Middle French carnaval, from Italian carnevale, possibly from the Latin phrase carnem levāmen (“meat dismissal”). Other scholars suggest Latin carnuālia (“meat-based country feast”) or carrus nāvālis (“boat wagon; float”) instead. Doublet of carnaval.