holiday

vacaciones

Tiempo libre del trabajo para descansar o divertirse, a menudo viajando.

En inglés sencillo: Time away from work for rest or pleasure, often spent travelling.

• We need a holiday.
• She spent her holiday by the sea.
• How much holiday do you get each year?

Cómo se usa: on holiday (We’re on holiday in Greece.); a holiday in somewhere (They booked a holiday in Spain.)

Sinónimos: vacation, break

Expresiones frecuentes: on holiday, take a holiday, holiday abroad

día festivo, festividad

Día en que se celebra un acontecimiento importante y muchas personas no trabajan ni van a clase.

En inglés sencillo: A day for celebrating an important event, when people often do not work or attend school.

• Monday is a public holiday.
• The shops close for the holiday.
• Which holidays do people celebrate in your country?

Sinónimos: festival

Expresiones frecuentes: public holiday, national holiday, religious holiday

vacaciones escolares

Periodo en que las escuelas están cerradas y los niños no asisten a clase.

En inglés sencillo: A period when schools are closed and children do not attend lessons.

• The summer holiday starts tomorrow.
• Children return to school after the holiday.
• We visited our cousins during the Easter holidays.

Sinónimos: school break, vacation

Expresiones frecuentes: school holiday, summer holiday, holiday homework

vacacionar, veranear

Pasar tiempo sin trabajar o estudiar para descansar o divertirse.

En inglés sencillo: To spend time away from work or study for rest or pleasure.

• We holiday abroad every summer.
• They holidayed on the coast last year.
• Are you holidaying with your family?

Cómo se usa: holiday in somewhere (They holiday in Italy every year.); holiday with someone (We holidayed with our cousins.)

Sinónimos: vacation

Expresiones frecuentes: holiday abroad, holiday in somewhere, holiday with someone