pastorela
English
Alternative forms
- Pastorela
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.
See also
- troubadour
Related terms
- pastor
Spanish
Etymology
From French pastourelle (“little shepherdess”).Equivalent to pastor (“shepherd”) + -ela (feminine diminutive suffix).
Noun
pastorela f (plural pastorelas)
- pastorela
Descendants
- → English: pastorela
Further reading
- “pastorela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014