A
- abalone
- from Spanish abulón, from Ohlone aulon
- adobe
- from Spanish, from Arabic al-tob, from Coptic tube, ="brick"
- adios
- from adiós, ="goodbye"
- albino
- from Spanish or Portuguese, 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"
- arroyo
- from arroyo, ="stream"
- artichoke
- from North Italian articiocco, from Old Spanish alcarchofa, from Arabic al-ẖaršúf. Current Spanish spelling is alcachofa.
B
- bandoleer
- from Spanish bandolera, ="band (for a weapon or other) that crosses from one shoulder to the oposite hip" and bandolero, ="he who wears a bandoleer"
- barbecue
- from Spanish barbacoa, from Taino
- barrio
- from Spanish barrio, =neighborhood
- bolas
- from Spanish bolas, =balls
- bolero
- from Spanish bolero
- booby
- from bobo
- bronco
- from bronco
- buckaroo
- from vaquero, ="cowboy"
- burrito
- from burrito, = a dish originally from Northern Mexico, literally "little donkey"
- burro
- from burro, ="donkey"
C
- cacique
- from Spanish, from Taino
- cafeteria
- from cafetería, "coffee store"
- calaboose
- from Louisiana French calabouse, from Spanish calabozo
- caldera
- from Spanish caldera, "=cauldron"
- cannibal
- from Spanish canibal, alteration of caríbal, from Caribe
- canoe
- from Spanish canoa, from Haitian canaoua
- canyon
- from cañón
- carabao
- from Spanish from Visayan language , from Malay language.
- cargo
- from cargo, carga
- chayote
- from Spanish, from Nahuatl chayotl
- chicha
- from Spanish chicha, from Panama native American language chichab, ="maize"
- chile
- from Spanish chile, from Nahuatl chilli
- chocolate
- from Spanish, from Nahuatl xocolatl
- 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
- cockroach
- from Spanish cucaracha
- cocoa
- from Spanish cacao, from Nahuatl cacáhuatl
- comrade
- from French camarade, from Spanish camarada
- condor
- from Spanish, from Quechua cuntur
- corral
- from corral
- coyote
- from Spanish coyote, from Nahuatl coyotl
- cumbia
- from cumbia
D
- dengue
- from Spanish dengue, from Swahili dinga, ="seizure"
- desperado
- alteration of Spanish desesperado, ="desperate"
- don
- from Spanish Don, title of respect (as in Don Juan and Don Quixote). Now used for the upper echelon of some British universities.
F
- filibuster
- from Spanish filibustero, ="pirate", from French flibustier, from Dutch vrijbuiter, ="freebooter"
- filipino, -a
- from filipino, -a, belonging or from the Islas Filipinas ="Phillipine islands"
- flamenco
- from flamenco
- flamingo
- from Portuguese or Old Spanish flamengo. Current Spanish spelling is flamenco.
- frijol
- from frijol
G
- gaucho
- from Spanish, from Quechua huachu, ="orphan"
- gringo
- from Spanish gringo, alteration of griego, ="one who does not understand Spanish" (lit. "greek")
- guacamole
- from Spanish, from Nahuatl ahuacatl then Spanish aguacate (="avocado") and molli (="sauce")
- guanaco
- from Spanish, from Quechua wanacu
- guano
- from Spanish, from Quechua huanu, ="dung"
- guerrilla
- from guerrilla
H
- hacienda
- from hacienda
- hammock
- from Spanish hamaca, from Arawak
- hombre
- from hombre
- hoosegow
- from juzgado =court of law
- hurricane
- from Spanish huracán, from Taino
I
- inca
- from Spanish inca, from Quechua
- iguana
- from Spanish iguana from Arawak
J
- jaguar
- from Spanish jaguar from Guaraní yaguar
- jerky
- from Spanish charqui, from Quechua ch'arki, ="dried flesh"
K
- key
- from Spanish cayo, from Taino (this is English 'key'/'cay' as in an island or reef, 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"
- lasso
- from lazo
- latino
- from latinoamericano, ="Latin American"
- llama
- from Spanish llama, from Quechua
- loco
- from Spanish loco, ="insane", "crazy"
M
- machismo
- from macho, =male
- macho
- from macho, =male
- maize
- from Spanish maiz from Taino mahís
- maquila
- from maquila, ="share of product kept by the miller", from Arabic makīlah, "thing that have been measured"
- maquiladora
- from maquila
- margarita
- from Margarita, ="Margaret"
- marijuana
- from marihuana
- matador
- from matador
- 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 mescal or mezcal, from Nahuatl mexcalli
- mestizo
- from mestizo
- mole
- from Spanish, from Nahuatl molli (="sauce")
- mosquito
- from mosquito, literally "little fly"
- mulatto
- from Spanish or Portuguese mulato
- mustang
- from mestengo or mestenco, ="without known master or owner" (archaic)
- mustee
- from mestizo
N
- nada
- from nada, = "nothing"
- negro
- from Spanish or Portuguese negro, ="black"
P
- pampa
- from Spanish, from Quechua pampa, =plain
- patio
- from patio
- peccadillo
- from pecadillo, ="small sin"
- peccary
- from Spanish pecarí, from Guaraní
- peyote
- from Spanish, from Nahuatl peyotl (="caterpillar")
- Philippines
- from Spanish Islas Filipinas ="islands of king Philip II of Spain"
- pisco
- from pisco
- placer mining
- from placer, ="sand bank"
- platinum
- from platina, ="little silver"
- plaza
- from plaza
- potato
- from Spanish batata, = "sweet potato", from Taino
- pronto
- from pronto
- puma
- from Spanish, from Quechua
Q
- quadroon
- from cuarterón
- Quechua
- from Spanish, from Quechua qishwa, valley of temperate weather
- quesadilla
- from Spanish
- quinoa
- from Spanish, from Quechua kinua
R
- ranch
- from rancho
- renegade
- from renegado
- rodeo
- from rodeo
- rumba
- from rumba
S
- saguaro
- from saguaro, from Piman
- salsa
- from salsa, = "sauce"
- savvy
- from sabe, = "know" (third person singular, present indicative)
- sherry
- from Xerés, old spelling for the city of Jerez
- siesta
- from siesta
- sombrero
- from sombrero, (literally, shade maker)
T
- taco
- from taco
- tamale
- from Spanish tamales, pl. of tamal, from Nahuatl tamalli, dumpling made from corn flour
- tango
- from tango
- tequila
- from tequila
- tiri
- from tiro
- tomatillo
- from Spanish tomatillo, ="small tomate"
- tomato
- from Spanish tomate, from Nahuatl
- toreador
- from toreador
- torero
- from torero
- tornado
- from tronada, ="thunderstorm"
- tortilla
- from tortilla (lit. small cake)
- tuna
- from Spanish atún, from Arabic tun, from Latin thunnus, from Greek θύννος, thynnos (=tuna fish)
V
- vamoose
- from vamos
- vicuña
- from Spanish, from Quechua wikunna
Y
- yerba mate
- from Spanish, ="mate grass" (see also Mate)
English slang words of Spanish origin
List of words of Spanish origin used as English slang, but have not entered the standard lexicon.
- agua
- water
- bueno
- good
- carne
- meat (as in carne asada)
- casa
- house (as in Mi casa es su casa, ="My house is yours")
- chico(-a)
- boy, girl
- cinco
- five
- con
- with
- cuatro
- four (as in cuatro, a musical instrument with four strings)
- de
- of
- del
- of the
- dinero
- money
- dos
- two
- dulce de leche
- caramel sauce
- gracias
- Thank you
- grande
- large
- hola
- hello
- manana
- mañana, tomorrow = both tomorrow and morning in English
- mano
- hand, but in English it is mostly used in reference to a fight (see mano-a-mano)
- muchacho
- young man, but also male help
- mucho
- a lot, a lot of (as in Bésame Mucho)
- muy
- very
- nino(-a)
- niño, little boy, little girl. Also used as meteorological terms: El Niño and La Niña.
- ocho
- eight
- padre
- Roman Catholic priest (its main meaning in Spanish is "father")
- que
- ¿qué?, what?
- queso
- cheese
- tres
- three (as in the Cuban instrument of three strings)
- uno
- one
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