pastorela

== English == === Alternative forms === Pastorela === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Spanish pastorela, from French pastourelle. ==== Noun ==== pastorela (plural pastorelas) A traditional Mexican theater performance that chronicles the journeys of shepherds and shepherdesses on the way to visit the newborn Jesus, typically performed during Advent. === Etymology 2 === Learned borrowing from Old Occitan pastorela (“little shepherdess”), from pastor (“shepherd”) +‎ -ela (feminine diminutive suffix). Compare etymology 1. ==== Noun ==== pastorela (plural pastorelas) (historical) A type of Occitan lyric poetry in which a knight meets a shepherdess. A work of such poetry. ===== See also ===== troubadour === Related terms === pastor == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French pastourelle (“little shepherdess”). Equivalent to pastor (“shepherd”) +‎ -ela (feminine diminutive suffix). === Noun === pastorela f (plural pastorelas) pastorela ==== Descendants ==== → English: pastorela === Further reading === “pastorela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025