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March in Cuba featuring posters comparing anti-revolutionaries to worms. Gusano (lit. worm, fem. gusana) [1] is the Spanish language term for "worm". It is a disparaging name for Cuban counter-revolutionaries and those who emigrated from Cuba following the rise of Fidel Castro after the Cuban Revolution.
Saharan Spanish (Spanish: español saharaui) is the variety of the Spanish language spoken in Western Sahara and adjacent regions. This variety is heavily influenced by both Spanish cultural links and a strong expatriate community who live in Spain and Hispanic America , particularly Cuba .
Cuban Spanish is the variety of the Spanish language as it is spoken in Cuba. As a Caribbean variety of Spanish , Cuban Spanish shares a number of features with nearby varieties, including coda weakening and neutralization , non-inversion of Wh-questions , and a lower rate of dropping of subject pronouns compared to other Spanish varieties.
Habla Congo or Habla Bantú is a Kongo-based liturgical language of the Palo religion with origins in Cuba, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, later spreading to other countries in the Caribbean Basin. [1] The language may be called lengua conga or lengua congo but is generally referred to simply as lengua, meaning "language" in Spanish.
What are the Spanish-speaking countries? According to Britannica, these are a list of Spanish-speaking countries: Argentina. Bolivia. Chile. Colombia. Costa Rica. Cuba. Dominican Republic. Ecuador ...
Mulatto (/ m j uː ˈ l æ t oʊ /, / m ə ˈ l ɑː t oʊ /) (original Italian spelling) is a racial classification that refers to people of mixed African and European ancestry only. When speaking or writing about a singular woman in English, the word is mulatta (Spanish: mulata).
Distinct Puerto Rican words like "jevo,", "jurutungo" and "perreo" have been submitted to Spain's Royal Academy- considered the global arbiter of the Spanish language.
Lucumí consists of a lexicon of words and short phrases derived from the Yoruba language and used for ritual purposes in Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and their Diasporas. It is used as the liturgical language of Santería in the Spanish Caribbean and other communities that practice Santería/Orisa/the Lucumí religion/Regla de Ocha ...