A boy celebrating his fifteenth birthday in the male counterpart to a quinceañera may be called a quinceañero.
The word is the masculine counterpart of quinceañera. Both terms derive from the Spanish expression connected with fifteen years, although quinceañera remains far more widely recognized because the tradition has historically centered on girls.
A male celebrant may take part in a similar formal celebration, with family members, a party, dancing, and sometimes religious elements. The details are determined by local custom and the family rather than by one universal rulebook.
Quinceañero should not be confused with chambelán. A chambelán is traditionally a male attendant or escort in a quinceañera’s court, while the quinceañero is the birthday celebrant himself. Spanish accents and regional vocabulary may vary in informal English-language writing, but the standard spelling includes the ñ.