La tradición es que esa noche, espíritus (tanto buenos como malos), fantasmas y brujas vagan por la tierra asustando a niños y mayores. La gente suele hacer linternas con calabazas y las coloca en la ventana para ahuyentar a estas aterradoras criaturas. El vecindario se envuelve en un halo de misterio. Huele a bizcocho, arándanos…se escucha a los niños gritar trick or treat!
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1. dress up
EN: to put on special clothes in order to change your appearance
ESP: disfrazarse
Ej. Lots of people dress up as zombies for Halloween.
2. turn into
EN: to change from one thing to another
ESP: convertirse
Ej. Some people say that witches can turn into cats.
3. gross out
EN: deliberately showing or saying things that people may find disgusting, in a humorous way
ESP: asquear, repugnar
Ej. If you would like to gross out your squeamish friends, try our brain cake recipe.
4. creep up
EN: to slowly approach someone
ESP: acercarse sigilosamente
Ej. The skeleton crept up on me and gave me a fright!
5. freak out
EN: to become or cause someone to become extremely emotional or amazed
ESP: asustarse, alucinar
Ej. I have a Halloween costume that will freak out literally everyone this year, it is terrifyingly good!
6. carve out
EN: to create a sculpture from something, typically a pumpkin at this time of year
ESP: perforar, tallar
Ej. You could always take a few moments to carve out a pumpkin, and have a scary ghost pop out.
7. show up
EN: to arrive, especially at a place where people are expecting you
ESP: aparecer
Ej. Lisa showed up late for trick-or-treating.
8. scare off
EN: to frighten someone so they go away
ESP: espantar
Ej. Mr Williams scared off the trick or treaters when he offered them eyeballs instead of candy.
9. spook out
EN: to scare or frighten someone
ESP: asustar
Ej. Those Halloween decorations are really spooking me out!
10. run away
EN: to escape from a person or situation
ESP: escapar
Ej. …and don’t forget, If you see a monster, run away!