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In countries like Argentina and Uruguay they even created their own dialects, like the Cocoliche and the Lunfardo. Indeed, the "lunfardo" word comes from a deformation of "lombardo", an Italian dialect (from Lombardia ) spoken by northern Italian emigrants to the Buenos Aires region.
The cognates in the table below share meanings in English and Spanish, but have different pronunciation. Some words entered Middle English and Early Modern Spanish indirectly and at different times. For example, a Latinate word might enter English by way of Old French, but enter Spanish directly from Latin. Such differences can introduce ...
calé — a Romani person; from Caló ' Romani, speaker of Romani ', see caló below. caló — Caló language, also black, dark-colored; the word is possibly related to Sanskrit kanlanka ' blemish, macula ' and/or Ancient Greek kelainós ' black '. cañí — Caló, Romani person; possibly from cali, feminine of calé and/or caló see calé ...
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Spanish, also referred to as Castilian to differentiate it from other languages spoken in Spain, is an Indo-European language of the Italic branch. [1] Belonging to the Romance family, it is a daughter language of Latin, evolving from its popular register that used to be spoken on the Iberian Peninsula. [2]
Below are two estimates of the most common words in Modern Spanish.Each estimate comes from an analysis of a different text corpus.A text corpus is a large collection of samples of written and/or spoken language, that has been carefully prepared for linguistic analysis.
A popular obscene graffito in Mexico among schoolchildren is OGT; when the letters are pronounced in Spanish, they sound like ojete. In Argentina and Uruguay, "ojete" and also its synonyms culo and orto can all be used to mean "good luck": "¡Qué ojete tiene ese tipo!" (He's such a lucky guy!), "Ganó de puro ojete!"
Meaning/use: According to your friends, mates, etc. you will be either a good person or a not so good person. Donde comen dos, comen tres.. Literal translation: Wherever two people eat, three people eat. Meaning/use: You can add one person more in any situation you are managing. El amor es ciego. Literal translation: Love is blind Meaning/use: