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Spanglish (a blend of the words "Spanish" and "English") is any language variety (such as a contact dialect, hybrid language, pidgin, or creole language) that results from conversationally combining Spanish and English. The term is mostly used in the United States and refers to a blend of the words and grammar of the two languages.
An asiento, in the Spanish language, is a short-term loan or debt contract, of about one to four years, signed between the Spanish crown and a banker or a small group of bankers (asentistas) against future crown revenues, [6] [7] often included after peace treaties were signed.
"Basket Case", a song by Warren Zevon from his 2002 album, My Ride's Here Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Basket Case .
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Latin is usually the most common source of loanwords in these languages, such as in Italian, Spanish, French, Portuguese, etc., [27] [28] and in some cases the total number of loans may even outnumber inherited terms [29] [30] (although the learned borrowings are less often used in common speech, with the most common vocabulary being of ...
However, the basket tacos as they are known today have their origin in the 1950s in the town of San Vicente Xiloxochitla, 10 km southwest of Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl, known as la cuna (the cradle) or la capital (the capital) del taco de canasta. [6] [7] Originally, tacos sudados were a dish that was consumed after a day's work in the fields. [8]
[33] [34] In Spanish-English switching one could say, "La onda is to fight y jambar." ("The latest fad is to fight and steal.") [36] Tag-switching is the switching of either a tag phrase or a word, or both, from one language to another, (common in intra-sentential switches). [33]
Zambo (Spanish: or) or Sambu is a racial term historically used in the Spanish Empire to refer to people of mixed Amerindian and African ancestry. Occasionally in the 21st century, the term is used in the Americas to refer to persons who are of mixed African and Native American ancestry.