The male Spanish term for a young person celebrating a fifteenth birthday is quinceañero.
Quinceañera is the familiar feminine term, while quinceañero is the corresponding masculine form. Both words are connected to quince, the Spanish word for fifteen, and identify the person reaching the fifteenth-birthday milestone.
The feminine celebration has historically been much more prominent in public descriptions and popular culture. Boys may nevertheless celebrate a quinceañero, sometimes with similar features such as formal clothing, a religious service, family speeches, dancing, and a reception.
Customs are not uniform across Spanish-speaking communities. Some families use a gender-neutral birthday celebration, adapt traditional symbols, or create an entirely different format. The vocabulary distinction describes the celebrant; it does not require every family to follow one fixed ceremony.