The Bonfires of Saint John in Alicante - Spanish A1
Read a clear A1 Spanish introduction to Alicante's official Bonfires of Saint John festival and its main events.
Las Hogueras de San Juan en Alicante
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What you'll learn
Festival and city vocabulary, dates, hay, se llaman, present-tense sequences and reader questions.
The article explains that Alicante's main Bonfires festivities run from 20 to 24 June, with street monuments, mascletas and the crema at midnight on 24 June.
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del 20 al 24 de junio
newfrom 20 to 24 June
Del... al... gives a date range.
Useful for event dates.
en distintos barrios
newin different neighborhoods
It locates events across several parts of a city.
Useful for city descriptions.
A medianoche
newat midnight
A time expression for twelve at night.
Useful for schedules.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Las Hogueras
Las Hogueras
the Bonfires
In Alicante the word also names the festival monuments.
Central festival vocabulary.
barrios
barrios
neighborhoods
Areas within a city.
Useful for locations.
La plantà
La plantà
the installation
The moment when monuments are set up in the streets.
Specific festival vocabulary.
Una mascletà
Una mascletà
a mascleta
A loud pyrotechnic display centered on rhythm and sound.
Useful for Valencian and Alicante festivals.
la cremà
la cremà
the burning
The event when festival monuments are burned.
Specific festival vocabulary.
una gran palmera
una gran palmera
a large palm-shaped firework
Palmera names a firework pattern shaped like a palm.
Useful for pyrotechnics.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
hay grandes monumentos
hay grandes monumentos
there are large monuments
Hay expresses existence and does not change for plural.
Useful for saying what a place has.
se llaman hogueras
se llaman hogueras
are also called bonfires
Se llaman gives the name used for something.
Useful for definitions.
empiezan a arder
empiezan a arder
begin to burn
Empezar a plus an infinitive marks the beginning of an action.
Useful for event sequences.
te gustaría ver
te gustaría ver
would you like to see
Gustaría makes a polite or hypothetical preference.
Useful for wishes.
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