No one knows for certain how April got its name, but it may have come from the Latin word 'aperire' which means 'to open'. April is, after all, the month when in the northern hemisphere buds begin to open and things start to grow again after the winter.
Eostre monath or Eastremonath was the Anglo-Saxon name for the month. The name of the Christian Festival of Easter comes from this Anglo-Saxon word.
after all = después de todobuds = capullo
April Fools Day
April begins with a day of fun and jokes - April Fool's Day. No one really knows when this custom began but it has been kept for hundreds of years.
The First of April, some do sayIs set apart for All Fools Day;
But why the people call it so,
Not I, nor they themselves do know.
jokes = chistes
custom = costumbre
The Cuckoo
The arrival of the cuckoo is the signal that spring has come. It arrives some time in mid April.
arrival = llegadaThe Swallow
The swallow makes its reappearance during April. Traditionally April 15th is 'Swallow Day' in England , the date on which returning swallows were seen again.
swallow = golondrina
Weather-lore, beliefs and sayings 
April showers bring May flowers.
If early April is foggy
Rain in June
Will make lanes boggy..............................When April blows its horn 'Tis good for hay and corn.
............April wet - good wheat.
Till April's dead, change not a thread.
foggy = nebuloso, de niebla
lanes = senderos, caminos
boggy = pastoso
horn = corneta
hay = heno
wheat = trigo
thread = hilo
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