noun, masculine/naˈdal/plural: nadales
Christmas day, Nativity day
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁tós Proto-Italic *gnātos Latin gnātus Latin nātus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] Spanish nadal Inherited from Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”). Doublet of natal.