"haunted house" and "Halloween"
Can someone advise if either of these terms are translatable into Spanish, especially for an audience of young students originally from Mexico?
Thanks!
cm
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Halloween, Oct 31st, if it's celebrated is called "Halloween" or "Dia de las brujas" which stands for "Day of the witches" although most of people refer to it as 'Halloween'.
Haunted house, "Casa encantada", "Casa embrujada" "Casa de espantos" either way works.
P/S: On Nov 1st, takes place "Dia de los muertos y todos los santos" standing for "Day of the dead" and "All saints day".
As the previous answerer noted, these aren't really represented in Hispanic culture, though it might be present in a few places. "Vispera, etc." is what our dictionary here says, though I have heard people also refer to it as "Día de los muertos" ("Day of the dead").
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"Casa" is "house". For "haunted" you can say "embrujada" ("bewitched") or also "encantada" ("enchanted") sooo
casa embrujada or casa encantada
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"casa encantada" is the one our dictionary here prefers (as an example under the translation for "encantada")
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I would be curious to hear from more natives...
De nada, salud,
Manutd
Thanks!
cm
vispera del dia de todos los santos - Halloween
Neither really apply, but in some places Halloween is kinda celebrated.