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This is a list of English language words whose origin can be traced to the Spanish language, also known as "Spanish loan words". There Spainsh Words is also a separate list of some words or phrases from Spanish that are Spanis Words sometimes used in English slang, but have Sapnish Words not entered the standard lexicon. Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D Spansh Words E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U Spanidh Words V W X Y Z A abalone  from Spanish abulón, from Ohlone Spanihs Words aulon adobe  from Spanish, from Arabic al-tob, from Coptic Spansih Words tube, ="brick" adios  from adiós, ="goodbye" aficionado  from aficionado, ="amateur" Alameda  from alameda meaning lined with or covered by alamo trees Alamo  from alamo an Spaish Words elm or poplar tree albino  from Spanish or Portuguese, Spamish Words from Latin albus, ="white" alfalfa  from Spanish, from Arabic al-fisfisa, fresh fodder alligator  from el lagarto, ="the lizard" alpaca  from Spanish, from Aymara all-paka amigo  from amigo, ="friend" anchovy  from anchoa armada  from the Spanish navy, La armada española armadillo  from armadillo, ="little armed one" arroyo  from arroyo, ="stream" avocado  from aguacate, from Nahuatl Ahuacatl B banana  from Spanish or Portuguese banana, probably from a Wolof word - Arabic "ba' nana" fingers bandoleer  from Spanish bandolera, ="band (for a weapon or other) that crosses from one shoulder to the opposite hip" and bandolero, ="he who wears a bandoleer" barbecue  from the Chibcha word barbacoa barracuda  from barracuda barranca  from barranca barriada  from barriada barrio  from Spanish barrio, =neighborhood bastinado  from bastonada bodega  from bodega bolas  from Spanish bolas, =balls bolero  from Spanish bolero bonanza  from bonanza bonito  from bonito booby  from bobo ="silly" breeze  from Old Spanish briza--although some hypothisize the term came through Old French bize bronco or broncho  from bronco buckaroo  from vaquero, ="cowboy" burrito  from burrito, = a dish originally from Northern Mexico, literally "little donkey" burro  from burro, ="donkey" C caballero  from caballero cabana  from cabaña cacique  from Spanish, from Taino cafeteria  from cafetería, "coffee store" calaboose  from Louisiana French calabouse, from Spanish calabozo caldera (used in geology)  from Spanish caldera, "=cauldron" camarilla  from camarilla ="small room" camino  from camino a path or road, from caminar to walk cannibal  from Spanish caníbal, alteration of caríbal, from Caribe canoe  from Spanish canoa, from Haitian canaoua canyon  from cañón carabao from Spanish from Visayan language , from Malay language. caramba from Spanish ; expression of dread, displeasure, or disapproval, euphemism for carajo ="penis" carbonado  from carbonada cargo  from cargo, carga Caribbean  from Spanish Caribe, from name of Carib Indians of the region. cassava  from cazabe, from Taino caçábi caudillo  from caudillo cedilla  from cedilla chayote  from Spanish, from Nahuatl chayotl chicha  from Spanish chicha, from Panama native American language chichab, ="maize" chicle  from chicle, from Nahautl tzictli chile  from Spanish chile, from Nahuatl chilli chipotle  from Spanish, smoked jalapeño, from Nahuatl chilpoctli chocolate  from Spanish chocolate, from Nahuatl xocolatl churros  from churros cigar  from Spanish cigarro, from Mayan sicar, sic (="tobacco") cigarette  from French cigarette, diminutive of French cigare, from Spanish cigarro cilantro  from Spanish cilantro coca  from Spanish, from Quechua coca cocaine  from Spanish, cocaína, from Quechua kúka cockroach  from Spanish cucaracha cocoa or cacao  from Spanish cacao, from Nahuatl cacáhuatl Colorado from Spanish colorado, red or colored comrade  from French camarade, from Spanish camarada condor  from Spanish, from Quechua cuntur conquistador  from conquistador coquina  from coquina cordillera  from cordillera corral  from corral corrida a bullfight cowboy from vaquero (one who tends cows) coyote  from Spanish coyote, from Nahuatl coyotl creole  from French créole, from Spanish criollo, from Portuguese crioulo, raised in the house crimson  from Old Spanish cremesín, from Arabic qirmizI, from qirmiz kermes crusade  blend of Middle French croisade & Spanish cruzada; both ultimately from Latin cruc-, crux cross cumbia  from cumbia D demarcation  from Spanish demarcación, as in demarcation problem or demarcation point dengue  from Spanish dengue, from Swahili dinga, ="seizure" desaparecidos  from Spanish, ="missing" desperado  alteration of Spanish desesperado, ="desperate" dollar  from Spanish dólar, from German-Austrian thaler don  from Spanish Don, title of respect (as in Don Juan and Don Quixote). Now used for the upper echelon of some British universities. duende  from Spanish dialect, charm, from Spanish, ghost, goblin, probably from duen de casa, from dueño de casa owner of a house E El Dorado  from El Dorado, literally, "the golden one" El Niño  from El Niño de la Navidad, literally, "the christmas child" due to the warming of Pacific waters seemed to warm around Christmas Elephant and Castle  English corruption of La Infanta de Castile the Spanish princess royal Embarcadero  from embarcadero a boat dock embargo  from Spanish embargar ="to bar" F fajita  from fajita fandango  from fandango fiesta  from Spanish, =festival or holiday filibuster  from Spanish filibustero, ="pirate", from French flibustier, from Dutch vrijbuiter, ="freebooter" Filipino, -a  from filipino, -a, belonging or from the Islas Filipinas ="Philippine islands" flamenco (dance)  from flamenco flamingo  from Portuguese or Old Spanish flamengo. Current Spanish spelling is flamenco. fletcher  from flecha, an arrow, and flechero an arrow-maker Florida  from flor (="flower") then florida (="flowered one") flotilla  from flota (="fleet") then flotilla (="little fleet") frijol  from frijol, bean. G galleon  from Spanish galeón gaucho  from Spanish, from Quechua huachu, ="orphan" grenade  from the Spanish province of Grenada guacamole  from Spanish, from Nahuatl ahuacatl then Spanish aguacate (="avocado") and mole (="mash") guanaco  from Spanish, from Quechua wanacu guano  from Spanish, from Quechua huanu, ="dung" guava  from guaba, guayaba, perhaps from Taino guerrilla  from guerrilla, "little war" guitar  from Spanish guitarra H hacienda  from hacienda hammock  from Spanish hamaca, from Arawak hombre  from hombre hoosegow from juzgado =court of law, also past participle of juzgar "to judge". hurricane  from Spanish huracán, from Taino (Juracán is the Taino god of storms)(from Quiché) I Inca  from Spanish inca, from Quechua incommunicado  from incomunicado iguana  from Spanish iguana from Arawak J jaguar  from Spanish jaguar from Guaraní yaguar jalapeño from Spanish, a type of spicy chilli named after Jalapa de Enríquez, a town in Mexico, and the capital of the state of Veracruz jerky  from Spanish charqui, from Quechua ch'arki, ="dried flesh" junta or junto from Spanish junta, a group of leaders, usually military officers in a coup d'état. As an adjective it means "together". K key  from Spanish cayo, from Taino (this is English 'key'/'cay'/'quay' as in an island, reef or a linked series of them, not the 'key' with which you lock/unlock) L ladino  from ladino lagniappe  from Louisiana French, from Spanish la ñapa or la yapa, from Quechua yapa, ="help" or "increase" La Niña  see "El Niño" lariat  from la riata lasso  from lazo latino  from latinoamericano, ="Latin American" llama  from Spanish llama, from Quechua llano  from Spanish, plains, grassland loco  from Spanish loco, ="insane", "crazy" locofocos  from loco foco, crazy light luminaria  from Mexican Spanish M machete  a Spanish diminutive formed from macho, =male machismo  from macho, =male macho  from macho, =male maize  from Spanish maíz from Taino mahís Majordomo  from Spanish mayordomo mantilla  from mantilla maquila  from maquila, ="share of product kept by the miller", from Arabic makīlah, "thing that have been measured" maquiladora  from maquila maravedi  from maravedi margarita  from Margarita, ="daisy or Margaret", from Greek "pearl". mariachi  from Spanish, from French mariage ="marriage", a type of musical group and its players, originally from Mexico marijuana  from marihuana maroon  from cimarrón(="wild") matador  from matador (="killer") mate  from Spanish, from Quechua mati, ="small squash" mesa  from mesa, table. The corresponding Spanish word to a flat top mountain is meseta mescal  from Spanish mezcal, from Nahuatl mexcalli mestizo  from mestizo mole  from Spanish, from Nahuatl molli (="sauce") Montana from montaña, a mountain mosquito  from mosquito, literally "little fly" mulatto  from Spanish or Portuguese mulato musket  from mosquete, a big fly mustang  from mestengo or mesteño, ="without known master or owner" (archaic) mustee  from mestizo N nacho  from nacho, a nickname for the given name Ignacio nada  from nada, = "nothing" negro  from Spanish or Portuguese negro, ="black" Nevada from nevada literally "snowy" O olé  an interjection, an expression of approval or triumph, similar to the Italian bravo, used by spectators of bull fights or football (soccer) matches oregano  from orégano P pachuco  from pachuco paella  from Spanish paella, from valencian paella (saucepan) palmetto  from palmito pampa  from Spanish, from Quechua pampa, =plain papaya  from papaya, akin to Arawak papáia parasol  from para sol,for the sun patio  from patio, inner courtyard, ="an open paved area adjacent to a home" peccadillo  from pecadillo, ="small sin" peccary  from Spanish pecarí, from Guaraní pendejo  from pendejo a pubic hair (per the RAE) peon  from Spanish peón (="laborer") peyote  from Spanish, from Nahuatl peyotl (="caterpillar") Philippines  from Spanish Islas Filipinas ="islands of king Philip II of Spain" pimento or pimiento  from pimiento pinta  from pinta pisco  from pisco placer mining  from placer, ="sand bank" platinum  from platino, ="little silver" playa  from playa plaza  from plaza',' ="public square, spot or place" plume  from pluma, a pen poncho  from poncho, from Araucanian posada  from posada potato  from European Spanish patata, itself from batata, = "sweet potato", from Taino and papa, "potato" from Quechua pronto  from pronto, ="soon" pronunciamento  from pronunciamiento proclamation, ="military coup d'état", usually establishing a military dictatorship (often a junta) puma  from Spanish, from Quechua puna  from puna, from Quechua Q quadroon  from cuarterón quechua  from Spanish, from Quechua qishwa, valley of temperate weather quesadilla  from quesadilla quinoa  from Spanish quinua, from Quechua kinua R ranch  from rancho reconquista  from reconquista ="reconquest" remuda  from Mexican Spanish remudar, to exchange (horses) renegade  from renegado roan  from Old Spanish roano, a color of horses robalo  from Spanish róbalo, a tropical marine game and food fish roble  from Spanish roble= a California oak tree rodeo  from rodeo and verb rodear (to go around) rumba  from rumba S saguaro  from saguaro, from Piman salsa  from salsa, ="sauce" sapodilla  from zapotillo saraband  from French sarabande in turn from Spanish zarabanda savanna  from sabana, from Taino zabana suave  from suave, "smooth" savvy  from Spanish or Portuguese sabe, "knows" shack  from Mexican Spanish jacal, from Nahuatl xcalli sherry  from Old Spanish Xerés [ʃe'ɾes], modern Spanish Jerez [xe'ɾeθ] sierra  from sierra, a saw siesta  from siesta, ="nap" silo  from silo sombrero  from sombrero (literally, shade maker), ="hat" spur  from espuela stampede  from estampida stockade  from a French derivation of the Spanish estacada T taco  from taco tamale  from Spanish tamales, pl. of tamal, from Nahuatl tamalli, dumpling made from corn flour tango  from tango tapioca  from tapioca tequila  from tequila tilde  from tilde tiri  from tiro tobacco from Spanish tabaco tomatillo  from Spanish tomatillo, ="small tomate" (see Physalis ixocarpa) tomato  from Spanish tomate, from Nahuatl xitomatl toreador  from toreador torero  from torero tornado  from Spanish tornado tortilla  from tortilla, ="omelet" tuna  from Spanish atún, from Arabic tun, from Latin thunnus, from Greek θύννος, thynnos (=tuna fish) turista  from turista ="tourist" V vamoose  from vamos, a form of "to go" vanilla  from vainilla vicuña  from Spanish, from Quechua wikunna Y yam  from ñame--possibly from Portuguese inhame yerba mate  from Spanish, ="mate grass" (see also Mate) Z Zorro  from zorro, a fox See also List of Spanish expressions in common English List of Spanish words of Indigenous American Indian origin External links Montague, Artur, El elemento español en el vocabulario inglés: prolegómenos a una lista. AIH. Actas IV (1971). (in Spanish) Online Etymology Dictionary Real Academia Española Spanish dictionary For a list of words with Spanish language origins, see the Spanish derivations category of words in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Search Term: "List_of_English_words_of_Spanish_origin" Categories: Etymology | Lists of English words of foreign origin | Spanish terms | Mexico-related lists