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However, Spanish does have the term embarazoso/a meaning 'embarrassing'. 'Pregnant' in Portuguese is grávida (cognate of less user word in Spanish). The Portuguese prenhe and Spanish preñada are used mainly for pregnant animals but rarely for women, in both languages; Spanish exquisito means 'exquisite/sophisticated'.
Beiran Portuguese; Estremaduran Portuguese; Northern Portuguese (interâmnico) Madeiran Portuguese; Barranquenho – A transitional language spoken in Barrancos, originally part of the Alentejan dialect of Portuguese, but influenced by Spanish and Extremaduran. Caló – a mixed Iberian-Romani language spoken by the Romani people in Portugal.
Though not official, Spanish has a special status in the American state of New Mexico. [37] With almost 60 million native speakers and second language speakers, the United States now has the second-largest Spanish-speaking population in the world after Mexico. [38] Spanish is increasingly used alongside English nationwide in business and politics.
Spanish East Timor: 2 Portuguese [51] Tetum [51] Ecuador [52] 1 Spanish; Languages of ethnic groups are official in their territories Spanish [e] Kichwa [e] Shuar [e] Egypt: 1 Arabic Coptic: Egyptian Arabic: English: El Salvador: 1 Spanish Equatorial Guinea: 3 French; Portuguese; Spanish; Eritrea: 1 Tigrinya: Arabic; Italian; Estonia: 1 ...
Portuñol (Spanish spelling) or Portunhol (Portuguese spelling) (pronunciation ⓘ) is a portmanteau of the words portugués/português ("Portuguese") and español/espanhol ("Spanish"), and is the name often given to any non-systematic mixture of Portuguese and Spanish [1] (this sense should not be confused with the dialects of the Portuguese language spoken in northern Uruguay by the ...
Barranquenho (Barranquenhu [2]) is a Romance linguistic variety spoken in the Portuguese town of Barrancos, near the Spanish border. It is a mixed language, and can be considered either a variety of Portuguese (Alentejan Portuguese) heavily influenced by the Spanish dialects of neighbouring areas in Spain in Extremadura and Andalusia (especially those from Encinasola and Rosal de la Frontera ...
The research also showed that the percentage of Latinos who speak Spanish at home declined from 78% in 2000 to 68% in 2021. Among the U.S.-born population, it has decreased from 66% to 55%.
The Organization of Ibero-American States also includes Spanish-speaking Equatorial Guinea, in Central Africa, [1] [2] but not the Portuguese-speaking African countries. The Latin Recording Academy , the organization responsible for the Latin Grammy Awards , also includes Spain and Portugal as well as the Latino population of Canada and the ...