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  2. List of Spanish words of Nahuatl origin - Wikipedia

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    This word ending—thought to be difficult for Spanish speakers to pronounce at the time—evolved in Spanish into a "-te" ending (e.g. axolotl = ajolote). As a rule of thumb, a Spanish word for an animal, plant, food or home appliance widely used in Mexico and ending in "-te" is highly likely to have a Nahuatl origin.

  3. Cocoliche - Wikipedia

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    Cocoliche is an Italian–Spanish contact language or pidgin that was spoken by Italian immigrants between 1870 and 1970 in Argentina (especially in Greater Buenos Aires) and from there spread to other urban areas nearby, such as La Plata, Rosario and Montevideo, Uruguay. In recent decades it has become more respected and even recorded in music ...

  4. Pronunciation - Wikipedia

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    Pronunciation is the way in which a word or a language is spoken. This may refer to generally agreed-upon sequences of sounds used in speaking a given word or language in a specific dialect ("correct" or "standard" pronunciation) or simply the way a particular individual speaks a word or language.

  5. Spanish naming customs - Wikipedia

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    Spanish naming customs include the orthographic option of conjoining the surnames with the conjunction particle y, or e before a name starting with 'I', 'Hi' or 'Y', (both meaning "and") (e.g., José Ortega y Gasset, Tomás Portillo y Blanco, or Eduardo Dato e Iradier), following an antiquated aristocratic usage.

  6. Do you know the difference between Latino, Hispanic and Spanish?

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    So what does Hispanic mean? Hispanic is a term that refers to people of Spanish speaking origin or ancestry. Think language -- so if someone is from Spanish speaking origin or ancestry, they can ...

  7. List of Puerto Rican slang words and phrases - Wikipedia

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    From standard Spanish acicalado bembé a big party. [3] [6] bichote Important person. From English big shot. [7] birras Beer. [3] bochinche gossip [8] boricua The name given to Puerto Rico people by Puerto Ricans. [3] bregar To work on a task, to do something with effort and dedication. [9] broki brother or friend. [5] cafre a lowlife.

  8. Spanish dialects and varieties - Wikipedia

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    Spanish is a language with a "T–V distinction" in the second person, meaning that there are different pronouns corresponding to "you" which express different degrees of formality. In most varieties, there are two degrees, namely "formal" and "familiar" (the latter is also called "informal").

  9. AMOLED - Wikipedia

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    AMOLED (active-matrix organic light-emitting diode; / ˈ æ m oʊ ˌ l ɛ d /) is a type of OLED display device technology. OLED describes a specific type of thin-film-display technology in which organic compounds form the electroluminescent material, and active matrix refers to the technology behind the addressing of pixels .