What does angelitos mean on Día de Muertos?
Los angelitos are the children who died, remembered on 1 November. Other words for the days: los muertos (the dead, an adjective used as a noun), el altar, el cementerio, and recordar a alguien, to remember someone, with the personal a because the dead are people.
Words for the days
- los muertos
- the dead
- el altar
- the altar
- el cementerio
- the cemetery
- recordar a alguien
- to remember someone
- los angelitos
- the children who died, remembered on 1 November
Las familias recuerdan a sus muertos con alegría.Families remember their dead with joy.
Nadie está triste: los muertos vuelven de visita.Nobody is sad: the dead come back for a visit.