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  2. Wappo language - Wikipedia

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    According to Somersal, the English name for the people and language is derived from the Spanish word guapo, meaning "handsome" or "brave". [6] The people called themselves Micewal. [7] The Pomoan exonym, or name for them, was Ashochimi ("northerners"). [8] [9] Paul Radin published the first texts on Wappo grammar in the 1920s.

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

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    From a Taino compound word ("Jiba" meaning mountain or forest, and "iro" meaning man or men) [19] though commonly mistaken for originating from the Arabic (Mofarite Arabic: جبري , romanized: Jabre), in the Mofarite related Ethiopian Semitic languages ገበሬ, romanized: Gabre). jumeta Drunk [3] Cold cherry limber lambeojo

  4. Category:Spanish words and phrases - Wikipedia

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    العربية; Azərbaycanca; বাংলা; Български; Brezhoneg; Čeština; Cymraeg; Dansk; Deutsch; Español; Esperanto; Euskara; فارسی; Français ...

  5. List of Spanish words of Indigenous American Indian origin

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    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).

  6. ‘Tiger Woods of Scrabble’ Wins Spanish Championships Even ...

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    “He doesn’t even study the pages word by word,” Fagerlund explained. “He can look at a page full of words and absorb them all.” JOHN THYS/AFP via Getty

  7. List of Spanish words of Iberian origin - Wikipedia

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    Perhaps instead from an Indo-European word *aros "circle; wheel" (BDELC). arroyo "stream", from LL arrugia "mineshaft" (Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 33.70), from Iberian meaning "stream, channel"; also Portuguese arroio, Friulian roggia, Italian (Val Gardena) roia, Venetian roza; related to Spanish cuérrago "riverbed".

  8. Spanish profanity - Wikipedia

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    The word is derived from "chingar" which means "to fuck." This word has many meanings in the Spanish language, most limited to Mexico: Adjective [15] for damage (e.g. "Este niño se subió a la bicicleta y ahora su rodilla está chingada" – "This kid rode his bike and now his knee is fucked up/fucking damaged.")

  9. Can My Employer Ban Me From Speaking Spanish To Co-Workers? - AOL

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    Good afternoon, I have a question. I was just told by my supervisor that I cannot speak Spanish to my coworkers in our department. She states that some other non-Spanish speaking workers claim it ...