53 Spanish Words for a Spooky Halloween
Learn 53 Spanish words and phrases for Halloween, from costumes and pumpkins to ghosts and witches.
Here is vocabulary you may hear or use around Halloween. Some entries, such as “jack-o’-lantern,” are explained with descriptive Spanish phrases rather than a single fixed equivalent. All Saints’ Day on November 1 is a separate observance.
Use the list below to practise the words in context.
Spanish Halloween Vocabulary
- una arañaspider
- aterrador/aterrifying; scary
- la brujawitch
- el brujowizard, sorcerer
- una calabazapumpkin
- una calabaza de HalloweenHalloween pumpkin
- los carameloscandy
- la calaveraskull
- la casa embrujadahaunted house
- un cementeriocemetery
- el diablodevil
- Día de Todos los SantosAll Saints’ Day (Nov 1st)
- un disfrazcostume
- un duendegoblin
- unos dulcessweets; candies
- embrujado/ahaunted; bewitched
- una escobabroom
- un espantapájarosscarecrow
- un esqueletoskeleton
- un extraterrestreextraterrestrial; alien
- un fantasmaghost
- una fiestaparty
- gastar una broma (a alguien)to play a trick (on someone)
- un gato negroblack cat
- un gigantegiant
- un hechizospell
- una hojaleaf
- el horrorhorror
- un hombre lobowerewolf
- una calabaza tallada e iluminadajack-o’-lantern (literally, a carved, lit pumpkin)
- una lápidatombstone
- la magiamagic
- el maquillajemakeup
- una máscaramask
- misterioso/amysterious
- una momiamummy
- un monstruomonster
- un murciélagobat
- la Noche de BrujasHalloween; literally “Night of Witches”
- octubreOctober
- un ogroogre
- el otoñoautumn
- rondar (un lugar)to roam around; to haunt (of a ghost)
- el superhéroe, la superheroínasuperhero
- la telarañaspider’s web
- tela de arañaspider web
- el treinta y unothe thirty-first (as a date)
- un trolltroll
- truco o tratotrick or treat
- una tumbagrave
- el vampiro, la vampiravampire
- una velacandle
- el/la zombizombie
Vocabulary practice
Choose three expressions from the list above and use each one in a Spanish sentence.
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