The word Advent comes from Latin adventusmeaning ‘coming, arrival’.

It is used in some religious areas to indicate the liturgical time of preparation for Christmas (the four weeks leading up to this Christian holiday). During this period, Christians renew their faith to celebrate the coming of Jesus Christ. Because it is the name of a holiday, it is capitalized: During the Advent season, Catholic children sing Christmas carols.

Care should be taken not to delete the “d” as “aviento” is synonymous with fork, the meaning of which is ‘an agricultural instrument shaped like a fork and used to winnow or move straw; also the sliced ​​breakfast cereals’.

Likewise, “aviento” is the first person, singular, of the present tense of the verb aventar (to make or blow air into something, to blow against the wind, to aerate, to ventilate, to aerate, among other things).

Bonus It is a gift given during Christmas or any other holiday. It is synonymous with Christmas carols. It also refers to a wild tropical plant that blooms mainly at Christmas. In addition to these meanings, it is most often used in the sense of ‘chain or garland of multi-colored paper’. It is written without umlaut: aguinaldo, not agüinaldo. (F)

SOURCES:

Spanish dictionary (electronic version), from the Royal Spanish Academy and the Association of Academies of the Spanish Language.