Quinceañero is the Spanish term for a boy celebrating his fifteenth birthday in the male equivalent of a quinceañera.
The word is the masculine counterpart of quinceañera and combines quince, meaning “fifteen,” with a suffix identifying a person associated with the celebration. A quinceañero celebration may retain formal clothing, family participation, music, dancing, and religious elements.
In many communities, the quinceañera tradition is more widely recognized for girls, so male celebrations may be less standardized and may use different local names or formats. Some families simply describe the event as a fifteenth-birthday celebration.
Quinceañero should not be confused with chambelán, which identifies a male escort in a traditional court rather than the person being honored.