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The first anthology of Spanish proverbs, Proverbios que dicen las viejas tras el fuego, was written by Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana in the 15th century. Also in the 15th century was written the Seniloquium , an erudite and anonymous work containing a compendium of Spanish sayings and proverbs with commentaries.
One who believes in Sword, dies by the Sword; One who speaks only one language is one person, but one who speaks two languages is two people. Turkish Proverb [5] One year's seeding makes seven years weeding; Only fools and horses work; Open confession is good for the soul. Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door; Other times other manners.
See as example Category:English words Subcategories ... Spanish-language names (3 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Spanish words and phrases"
Learning to tango in Argentina, sipping mate in Paraguay or kissing cheeks in Puerto Rico, Spanish will be the language of choice. Veteran travelers say knowing common Spanish phrases is an ...
Common ending to ancient Roman comedies: Suetonius claimed in The Twelve Caesars that these were the last words of Augustus; Sibelius applied them to the third movement of his String Quartet No. 2, so that his audience would recognize that it was the last one, because a fourth would be ordinarily expected. acta non verba: Deeds not Words
Ancestral Findings suggests that the surname Pérez means “son of Pedro,” the Spanish equivalent of the last name ... It is one of the top Spanish boy names in the U.S., ranking in the top 100 ...
In 1899, Alberto de Jesus Membreño published the first dictionary with the title "Hondureñismos. Provincial Vocabulary of Honduras." [1] It contains mostly the words and expressions in “La botica del pueblo,” a book by Francisco Cruz Castro.
Documented Nahuatl words in the Spanish language (mostly as spoken in Mexico and Mesoamerica), also called Nahuatlismos include an extensive list of words that represent (i) animals, (ii) plants, fruit and vegetables, (iii) foods and beverages, and (iv) domestic appliances. Many of these words end with the absolutive suffix "-tl" in Nahuatl.