nativity

Natividad, nacimiento de Jesús

Nacimiento de Jesús según el relato cristiano.

En inglés sencillo: The birth of Jesus, as described in the Christian story.

• The children learned about the nativity.
• Our school performed a nativity play at Christmas.
• The painting shows shepherds witnessing the nativity.

Expresiones frecuentes: the nativity, nativity story, nativity play, nativity scene

belén, pesebre, nacimiento

Conjunto de figuritas que representa al niño Jesús con las personas y los animales que lo rodean.

En inglés sencillo: A set of small figures showing Jesus as a baby with the people and animals around him.

• We put a nativity on the shelf.
• She bought a wooden nativity at the Christmas market.
• Several figures were missing from the old nativity.

Sinónimos: crib, crèche

Expresiones frecuentes: wooden nativity, nativity set, display a nativity