Explore Calavera through 4 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Calavera meaning
sugar skull
Using Calavera
- The main meaning on this page is: sugar skull
Context around Calavera
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Calavera
- In this selection, "calavera" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, manny, buying, makeup and catrina stand out and add context to how "calavera" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include called la calavera catrina the and catrina buying calavera makeup that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "calavera" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with calavera
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Purchasing costumes of Catrina, buying calavera makeup that’s “just for fun” and referring to this holiday as morbid or “culty” is disrespectful. (23 words)
The red shirt is complete with the recognizable Handy Andy logo that's likened to a calavera in honor of the Mexican holiday. (23 words)
Lead character Manny Calavera’s incredible journey through an afterlife inspired by the Mexican Day of the Dead is marked with fantastic characters, impeccable writing, and clever puzzles. (28 words)
Modern representations of Catrina José Guadalupe Posada created a famous print of a figure he called La Calavera Catrina ("The Elegant Skull") as a parody of a Mexican upper-class female. (31 words)
Lead character Manny Calavera’s incredible journey through an afterlife inspired by the Mexican Day of the Dead is marked with fantastic characters, impeccable writing, and clever puzzles. (28 words)
Purchasing costumes of Catrina, buying calavera makeup that’s “just for fun” and referring to this holiday as morbid or “culty” is disrespectful. (23 words)
Example sentences (4)
Lead character Manny Calavera’s incredible journey through an afterlife inspired by the Mexican Day of the Dead is marked with fantastic characters, impeccable writing, and clever puzzles.
Purchasing costumes of Catrina, buying calavera makeup that’s “just for fun” and referring to this holiday as morbid or “culty” is disrespectful.
The red shirt is complete with the recognizable Handy Andy logo that's likened to a calavera in honor of the Mexican holiday.
Modern representations of Catrina José Guadalupe Posada created a famous print of a figure he called La Calavera Catrina ("The Elegant Skull") as a parody of a Mexican upper-class female.