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This idiom may be literally translated as "to ask for small skull."
pedir calaverita
An intransitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and does not require a direct object (e.g., Everybody please stand up.).
1. (idiom) (to ask for candy on Halloween) (Mexico)
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
Regionalism used in Mexico
a. to go trick-or-treating
Mañana es Halloween. Voy a disfrazarme de bruja y a pedir calaverita.Tomorrow is Halloween. I'm going to dress up as a witch and go trick-or-treating.
b. to trick-or-treat
Un grupo de niños disfrazados y con una caja de cartón estaban pidiendo calaverita por mi calle.A group of kids in costumes carrying a cardboard box were trick-or-treating down my street.
c. trick-or-treating (noun)
Pedir calaverita es una tradición para los niños mexicanos en la noche del Día de Muertos y en la de la víspera.Trick-or-treating is a tradition for Mexican children on the night of the Day of the Dead and the night before.
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