Example sentences for: calavera

How can you use “calavera” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The calavera has become the symbol of the downtrodden, who must laugh at life in order to survive it.

  • He introduced the humorous satirical calavera that showed the objectionable side of life, that engaged in regular daily activities such as eating, dancing, drinking, fighting, enjoying life, and being a regular Mexican.

  • For a small fee, people could hire a composer to write a calavera for them and draw a skeleton to go with it.

  • The calavera is now an integral element of Mexican and Chicano folk art and it adorns murals, stationery, postcards, party invitations and decorations, and even religious art.

  • A Mexican tradition of the late nineteenth century was the publication of a poetic broadside that was called a calavera.


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