What is the usual Spanish plural for two or more quinceañera celebrations?

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The usual Spanish plural for two or more female quinceañera celebrations or celebrants is quinceañeras.

Spanish forms the plural by adding -s to a word ending in an unstressed vowel. Thus, quinceañera becomes quinceañeras. In English writing, the singular word is also commonly used as a borrowed cultural term.

The word can refer to the young woman reaching 15, the birthday celebration, or, depending on context, the broader tradition. That flexibility sometimes causes confusion in English-language descriptions.

Quinceañero is the masculine singular form and has a different plural form, quinceañeros. The ñ is also important: it is a separate Spanish letter and changes the spelling and pronunciation from forms written with n alone.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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