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Many of the words in the list are Latin cognates. Because Spanish is a Romance language (which means it evolved from Latin), many of its words are either inherited from Latin or derive from Latin words. Although English is a Germanic language, it, too, incorporates thousands of Latinate words that are related to words in Spanish. [3]
The Diccionario de la lengua española [a] (DLE; [b] English: Dictionary of the Spanish language) is the authoritative dictionary of the Spanish language. [1] It is produced, edited, and published by the Royal Spanish Academy, with the participation of the Association of Academies of the Spanish Language.
A bilingual dictionary or translation dictionary is a specialized dictionary used to translate words or phrases from one language to another. Bilingual dictionaries can be unidirectional , meaning that they list the meanings of words of one language in another, or can be bidirectional , allowing translation to and from both languages.
definición - definition; definitivamente - definitely; definitivo - definitive/final; definido - clearly defined; degustación - tasting; dejar - to let/permit; dejar perplexo - to mystify; dejate - let yourself; deletreado - spelled; deletrear - to spell; deliberado - deliberate; delicioso - delicious; delinear - to outline; delinquir - to ...
This is a list of Spanish words that come from indigenous languages of the Americas.It is further divided into words that come from Arawakan, Aymara, Carib, Mayan, Nahuatl, Quechua, Taíno, Tarahumara, Tupi and uncertain (the word is known to be from the Americas, but the exact source language is unclear).
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.
Teherán = Tehran (تهران Tehrân, Iranian capital), from Persian words "Tah" meaning "end or bottom" and "Rân" meaning "[mountain] slope"—literally, bottom of the mountain slope. tulipán = tulip, from Persian دلبند dulband Band = To close, To tie.
Fresa. In Mexico, as in Spain, the word means strawberry. It has an additional slang meaning of "upper class" or "nerdy" in Mexico and the USA. I don't know whether it carries this meaning elsewhere. Pelota. Per this page's content the singular or plural forms mean either "ball" or "ball," or "balls" or "balls". What's the difference? Pijo.