pastorela
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English
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Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanish pastorela, from French pastourelle.
Noun
pastorela (plural pastorelas)
- A traditional Mexican theater performance that chronicles the journeys of shepherds and shepherdesses on the way to visit the newborn Jesus, typically performed during Advent.
Etymology 2
Learned borrowing from Old Occitan pastorela (“little shepherdess”), from pastor (“shepherd”) + -ela (feminine diminutive suffix). Compare etymology 1.
Noun
pastorela (plural pastorelas)
- (historical) A type of Occitan lyric poetry in which a knight meets a shepherdess.
- A work of such poetry.
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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French pastourelle (“little shepherdess”). Equivalent to pastor (“shepherd”) + -ela (feminine diminutive suffix).
Noun
pastorela f (plural pastorelas)
Descendants
- → English: pastorela
Further reading
- “pastorela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014