Explore Carnaval through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Carnaval in a sentence
Carnaval meaning
One of various large carnivals held before the beginning of Lent, especially in Latin America.
Using Carnaval
- The main meaning on this page is: One of various large carnivals held before the beginning of Lent, especially in Latin America.
- In the example corpus, carnaval often appears in combinations such as: the carnaval, of carnaval, le carnaval.
Context around Carnaval
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 12 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Carnaval
- In this selection, "carnaval" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, colorful, movies, attending, streetwear, culture and choices stand out and add context to how "carnaval" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about le carnaval and in and about the carnaval salvadoreño 2018. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "carnaval" sits close to words such as aarhus, abdu and abetted, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with carnaval
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Joelle Lavoie was crowned the Carnaval Queen among 11 female contestants. (11 words)
A movement from his piano work Carnaval (Op. 9) is named for Paganini. (13 words)
Betsy Roberts of Mount Desert said it was her first time attending Carnaval Maine. (14 words)
Tuesday's show, featuring music from —in addition to its companion EP, —is part of a "Carnaval The Tour" concert experience that's an extension of Making Movies Carnaval, the music and arts festival the band launched in 2014. (39 words)
Juan Alonso-Rodriguez at his studio in Pioneer Square, working on the latest painting for his series “Los Muñecones,” inspired by the giant papier mâché dolls that he saw as a child at the annual Carnaval de La Habana. (39 words)
Rio de Janeiro has many Carnaval choices, including the famous samba school (Escolas de Samba) parades in the sambadrome exhibition center and the popular blocos de carnaval, street revelry, which parade in almost every corner of the city. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Simmers can import the spirit of Carnaval into their game with the sparkly and colorful Carnaval Streetwear kit and some base game CAS items.
Tuesday's show, featuring music from —in addition to its companion EP, —is part of a "Carnaval The Tour" concert experience that's an extension of Making Movies Carnaval, the music and arts festival the band launched in 2014.
Especially in the northern and central part of Limburg and eastern part of North Brabant is the boerenbruiloft very often held during the carnaval and is an important part of the carnaval culture.
Rio de Janeiro has many Carnaval choices, including the famous samba school (Escolas de Samba) parades in the sambadrome exhibition center and the popular blocos de carnaval, street revelry, which parade in almost every corner of the city.
Anne Brule is always excited about Le Carnaval, and in 2023 the event organizer has at least 60 reasons to smile.
Betsy Roberts of Mount Desert said it was her first time attending Carnaval Maine.
Pictures of Gisele celebrating at Rio’s Carnaval parade were picked up by nearly every outlet on earth, as were her Instagram Story posts.
The following year, Dario G peaked at No.5 with their follow up single Carnaval de Paris.
Carnaval’s motto this year is “Honor Indigenous Roots,” and organizers have made 1992’s Nobel Prize winner and Indigenous rights activist Rigoberta Menchú Tum the event’s Grand Marshal.
Joelle Lavoie was crowned the Carnaval Queen among 11 female contestants.
Anitta performing during the rehearsal for the Pre-Carnaval Show in São Paulo on Jan.
In 2016, stormy and windy weather resulted in many Carnaval parades being canceled and other festivities being moved indoors.
Laforge says the organizing committee is looking forward to Le Carnaval’s 58th annual celebration.
Other events within Carnaval, such as the food and wine festival Cork & Fork, also saw much lower attendance.
In the past the park received criticism about two of its attractions having hurtful or racist characteristics - the Carnaval Festival and Monsieur Cannibale.
Juan Alonso-Rodriguez at his studio in Pioneer Square, working on the latest painting for his series “Los Muñecones,” inspired by the giant papier mâché dolls that he saw as a child at the annual Carnaval de La Habana.
Villavalzo shares that she made sure that the performances included during Carnaval were sensitive and purposeful.
WBZ’s Yadires Nova-Salcedo talks with Tony Portillo about the Carnaval Salvadoreño 2018, taking place on Sunday, August 11 at Suffolk Downs in East Boston.
A movement from his piano work Carnaval (Op. 9) is named for Paganini.
As with many other Christian festivals such as Christmas, which was originally a pagan midwinter festival, the Christian church has found it easier to turn the pagan Carnaval in a catholic tradition than to eliminate it.
Common combinations with carnaval
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the carnaval 8×
- of carnaval 3×
- le carnaval 3×
- carnaval de 3×
- carnaval in 3×
- carnaval the 2×
- carnaval and 2×
- many carnaval 2×
- de carnaval 2×
- carnaval is 2×