Here are some words or phrases from the Spanish that are sometimes used in English slang, but have not entered the standard lexicon. There is also a list of English words of Spanish origin. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... This is a list of English language words whose origin can be traced to the Spanish language, also known as Spanish loan words. There is also a separate list of some words or phrases from Spanish that are sometimes used in English slang, but have not entered the standard lexicon. ...

A

• Adiós – goodbye
• Agua – water
• Amigo/a – friend

B

• Buenas noches – good night
• Buenas tardes – good evening
• Bueno/a – nice, good (Used in a Spanish sentence this comes before the word is it describing unlike other adj.)
• Buenos días – good morning (lit. good day)

C

• Caliente – hot
• Cantina – bar
• Caramelo – caramel
• Carne – meat (as in carne asada)
• Casa – house (as in Mi casa es su casa, literally "My house is your house." Used to make a guest feel comfortable.)
• Cerveza – Beer
• Cinco – five
• Cojones or Cahonies is used as a (vulgar) slang term often meaning “balls” or “testicles” often related to chutzpah or courage or the lack thereof, meaning cowardice.
• Colorado – "Red"; a state in the United States
• ¿Cómo? – "What?" (lit. How?)
• ¿Cómo estás? – "How are you?"
• Con – with ("chili con queso")
• Costa (lit. "coast") – a resort specialized in sun and beach tourism.
• Cuatro – four (as in cuatro, a musical instrument with four strings)

A piece of caramel confectionery. ... Carne asada is a dish, literally meaning grilled meat, it is one of the most popular varieties of Mexican food, more commonly in the Northern parts of Mexico, in the states of Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas. ... A glass of beer and different beer bottles. ... Cojones IPA: is a vulgar Spanish word for testicles, corresponding to balls or bollocks. // The word has entered popular use in the United States as a slang term meaning to have a brave attitude. ... Cojones IPA: is a vulgar Spanish word for testicles, corresponding to balls or bollocks. // Usage in English The word has entered popular use in the United States as a slang term meaning to have a brave attitude. ... The term vulgar originally meant of the common people, from the Latin vulgus. ... Slang is the use of highly informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speakers dialect or language. ... Human male anatomy The testicles, known medically as testes (singular testis), are the male generative glands in animals. ... Chutzpah is the quality of audacity, for good or for bad. ... Fortitudo, by Sandro Botticelli Courage, also known as fortitude, is the ability to confront fear, pain, danger, uncertainty or intimidation. ... Cowardice is a vice that is conventionally viewed as the corruption of prudence, to thwart all courage or bravery. ... Costa may refer to different subjects: Costa can refer to places (see below). ... Rugged coast of the West Coast of New Zealand The coast is defined as the part of the land adjoining or near the ocean. ... The name cuatro can refer to any of several Latin American instruments of the guitar or lute family. ...

D

• De – of
• Del/De la – of the
• Dinero – money
• ¿Dónde? – Where (usually an object or person)
• Dos – two
• Dulce de leche – caramel sauce
• Desperado – outlaw (pseudo-Spanish alteration of the obsolete noun desperate; real Spanish word is "desesperado")

A Smuckers brand jar of Dulce de Leche Dulce De Leche (DDL) () in Spanish, or doce de leite in Portuguese, is a traditional caramel-like candy popular in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and other parts of the Americas. ... We dont have an article called Desperate Start this article Search for Desperate in. ...

E

• El Dorado (lit. the golden one) – a mythical golden city
• El Niño (lit. the boy child - referring to the Christ child) – a major temperature fluctuation in the tropical Pacific Ocean, so named because it often started around Christmas time near Peru
• Entre la espada y la pared (Between the sword and the wall); used in same way as "Between a rock and a hard place."

El Dorado (Spanish for the golden one) is a legend that began with the story of a South American tribal chief who covered himself with gold dust and would dive into a lake of pure mountain water. ... Chart of ocean surface temperature anomaly [°C] during the last strong El Niño in December 1997 El Niño and La Niña (also written in English as El Nino and La Nina) are major temperature fluctuations in surface waters of the tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean. ... Jacopo Bellinis Madonna and Child Blessing depicts the infant Jesus in the act of blessing the viewer The Child Jesus is a religious symbol based on the activities of Jesus as an infant up to the age of twelve that recurs throughout history, starting from around the third or...

F

• Fiesta – party (the meanings of fiesta festival and holiday are standard English)
• Flan – Spanish dessert custard

Fiesta can mean: A festival or holiday. ...

G

• Gracias – thank you
• Grande – large
• Gringo – North American person (from the United States, regardless of race)

Look up gringo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

H

• Hacienda – a ranch-style country home
• Hasta la vista – see you later
• Hasta mañana – see you tomorrow
• Hola – hello

Hacienda is a Spanish word describing a vast ranch, common in the Pampa. ...

L

• Loco – crazy

M

• Machete – a large broad-bladed knife used as a cutting tool or weapon
• Madre – mother
• Mañana lit. tomorrow.
• Mano – hand, but in English it is mostly used in reference to a fight (see mano-a-mano)
• Mano a mano (lit. "hand to hand") – a confrontation with cooperation
• Matador – bullfighter (lit. killer)
• Me gusta ... – I like ... (lit: "it pleases me") (ex: Me gusta la cerveza - I like beer)
• Mi casa es su casa – (lit: my house is your house) – make yourself welcome
• Muchacho – young man, but also male help
• Mucho – a lot, a lot of (as in Bésame Mucho)
• Muy – very

Mañana is a popular song. ... Mano-a-mano is a Spanish construction meaning hand-to-hand. It was used originally in bullfights where just the matador and the bull confront each other. ... Matador Antonio Barrera in the capote de paseo (dress cape) before a bullfight during the 2003 Aste Nagusia festival in Bilbao, Spain A torero (roughly bull handler) is the main performer in bullfighting events in Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Bésame Mucho (Kiss me a lot in English) is a Mexican song that rapidly became one of the most popular songs of the 20th century. ...

N

• No comprende – Do(es) not understand (but in Spanish it corresponds to the 3rd person of the verb comprender; no comprendo is lit. I don't understand.)
• Nada – Nothing.
• No problema – misspoken form of "No problem" (correct term is no hay problema in Spanish), often misspoken by English speakers as "No problemo"
• Número uno – Number one

P

• Padre – Roman Catholic priest (its main meaning in Spanish is "father")
• Pendejo – a stupid person; an asshole; in Ecuador the man who is betrayed by his woman; in Cuba a person who refuses to defend himself
• Piñata – a game using a colorful suspended candy-and-toy-filled container that children try to break open with a stick
• Pícaro – hardened rogue; star of the picaresque novel
• Piñón – pine nuts
• Plaza (lit. "square") – a public square
• Poncho – a garment made of cloth or other material that has a hole in the middle for the head. In Mexico, is Sarape
• Pronto (lit. "soon") – immediately
• Pueblo (lit. "village" or "people"/"populace") – the distinctive towns of the Pueblo people, tribes of Native Americans.
• Puerto – port as in a harbor, not the wine

The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... Pendejo is a vulgar Spanish-language term of abuse. ... A piñata during a Mexican celebration in a german amusement park The piñata is a bright candy-and-toy-filled container (generally suspended on a rope from a tree branch or ceiling) that is used during celebrations. ... The picaresque novel (Spanish: picaresco, from pícaro, for rogue or rascal) is a popular style of novel that originated in Spain and flourished in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries and has continued to influence modern literature. ... Species Section Cembroides     Pinus cembroides     Pinus orizabensis     Pinus johannis     Pinus culminicola     Pinus remota     Pinus edulis     Pinus monophylla     Pinus quadrifolia Section Rzedowskiae     Pinus rzedowskii     Pinus pinceana     Pinus maximartinezii Section Nelsoniae     Pinus nelsonii The pinyon pines (or piñon pines), are a group of pines, which grow in the southwestern United States... Pueblos are traditional communities of aboriginal Americans in the southwestern United States of America. ... The Zia symbol is on the New Mexico state flag. ... Native Americans are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States, including parts of Alaska. ...

Q

• ¿Qué? – "What?"
• ¿Qué pasa? – "What's going on?"
• ¿Qué tal? – "What's up?" (literally: how are things?)
• ¿Qué te pasó? – "What happened to you?"
• Queso – cheese

R

• Rodeo (lit. "surrounding") – a spectacle of cowboys and wild cattle.
• rico suave (lit. "rich smooth") – once a popular hit song in the 90's, also describes people with a smooth character.

For other uses, see Rodeo (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Cowboy (disambiguation). ... Binomial name Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 Cattle (often called cows in vernacular and contemporary usage, or kye as the Scots plural of cou) are domesticated ungulates, a member of the subfamily Bovinae of the family Bovidae. ...

S

• Salsa – a spicy Mexican-style usually tomato-based sauce (in Spanish, any kind of sauce or gravy), also a style of Latin music or dancing
• Sangría – a wine cooler drink.
• Señor – Mr. or Sir (El Señor being "The Lord")
• Señorita – ("Miss", dim. of Señora – "Mrs.") unmarried girl or woman
• Sierra (lit. "saw") – a mountain range
• Siesta – a nap
• Sombrero – a very large-brimmed hat (in Spanish, it refers to any kind of hat)
• ¡Salud! – "Cheers" (a toast) or "Bless you" (after a sneeze) (lit. Health)
• Suave – smooth (also a brand name shampoo)
• Supremo – the person in charge; chief.

Note: This page or section contains IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. ... Salsa music is a diverse and predominantly Spanish Caribbean genre that is popular across Latin America and among Latinos abroad. ... Salsa dancing. ... A bottle of home-made sangria with wine, sliced orange and sugar Sangría is a wine punch (more formally and precisely, a fortified wine) which originated in Portugal and Spain. ... For other uses of the word, see cooler (disambiguation) A cooler most commonly is an insulated box, used to keep food or drink cool. ... Nap or nap can refer to: a short sleep. ... Sombrero Sombrero means hat in spanish. ...

T

• Tamal – mixture of meat, peppers, and spices, wrapped in corn meal dough and corn husks, then steamed (Spanish grammatical singular of "tamales")
• Taco – A shell made of cornmeal fill with meat, cheese and/or vegetables
• Tapas (lit. "covers") – finger food. In Mexico,Botana; in other parts of Latin America, Boquitas
• Toreador or torero – bullfighter
• Tres – three (as in the Cuban instrument of three strings)

For the city in Ghana, see Tamale, Ghana A tamale or tamal (from Nahuatl tamalli) is a traditional Mexican foodstuff that begins with corn (maize) flour mixed with water and lard. ... barbacoa tacos. ... Puntillitas, battered and fried baby squid Olives, an example of tapas For the spiritual concept, see Tapas (Sanskrit). ... The Tres is a 3 course chordophone which was created in Cuba. ...

U

• un/una – "A" as indicating one of something (ex: Un coche - A car, Una ventana - A window)
• uno – one, as the number
• unos/unas – "some" indicating a number of something that has finite quantities (ex: Unos carros - some cars) - See "algunos/algunas" for "some" relating to things that do not come in finite quantities (like water, food, feelings, etc)

Uno may mean: One in Spanish, Italian, and other Roman languages UNO, a card game played with a special deck of cards Uno Chicago Grill Unniloctium (Uno), former name of the chemical element Hassium (Hs) Fiat Uno, automobile Proyecto Uno, Dominican merengue/hip hop/reggaeton group Uno is a song...

V

• Vamos – let's go (also lit. We go) (alt: ¿Nos vamos? Shall we go?)
• Vámonos – let's go, or come on
• Vaquero – cowboy (cf. "buckaroo")

W

• Wop – insult for olive-skinned people (from guapo – "pimp"^[1], now "handsome" in Spain and "brave" in Spanish America, ultimately from Latin vappa "brigand", passed to American English through Neapolitan guappone, "bravado man")

A Neapolitan is a resident of Naples, Italy or the language of Naples, the surrounding region of Campania, and most of southern Italy. ...

Y

• Yo quiero – I want (popularized by the "Yo Quiero Taco Bell" advertising campaign)

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Z

• Zarzuela – Spanish lyrical opera

For other uses, see Zarzuela (disambiguation). ...

References

1. ^ Diccionario Crítico Etimológico Castellano e Hispánico vol. III, Joan Corominas, José A. Pascual, Editorial Gredos, 1989, ISBN 84-249-1365-5

Joan Coromines i Vigneaux, in Spanish Joan Corominas (Barcelona, 1905 - Pineda de Mar, Catalonia, 1997), was a linguist who made important contributions to the study of Catalan, Spanish and other Romance languages. ...

See also

• List of English words of Spanish origin
• Spanglish
• List of French phrases
• List of French proverbs
• List of Latin words with English derivatives
• List of Latin phrases
• List of Greek phrases
• List of German expressions in English
• List of German words and phrases
• French phrases used by English speakers

This is a list of English language words whose origin can be traced to the Spanish language, also known as Spanish loan words. There is also a separate list of some words or phrases from Spanish that are sometimes used in English slang, but have not entered the standard lexicon. ... Spanglish — also called espanglish, inglañol, or espanglés, a blend of the Spanish-language words for Spanish and English — is a name used to refer to a range of language-contact phenomena, primarily in the speech of the Hispanic population of the United States, which is exposed to... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into List of French phrases used by English speakers. ... A list of French proverbs can be found at Wikiquote:French proverbs. ... This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English (and other modern languages). ... This page lists direct English translations of common Latin phrases, such as veni vidi vici and et cetera. ... List of Greek Phrases/Proverbs Αα (h)a Ageōmetrētos mēdeis eisitō. Let no-one without knowledge of geometry enter. Motto over the entrance to Platos Academy (quoted in Elias commentary on Aristotles Categories). ... This is a list of German expressions used in English; some relatively common (e. ... This page lists English translations of German words and phrases used in English texts and presumed to be commonly understood by the English reader. ... Here are some examples of French words and phrases used by English speakers. ...

External links

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