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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.
Bucephalandra is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. There are 30 species of Bucephalandra which have been discovered in Borneo and have been formally described by S.Y. Wong and P.C. Boyce .
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 ...
The word cadre is sometimes pronounced / ˈ k ɑː d r eɪ / in English, as though it were of Spanish origin. In French, the final e is silent and a common English pronunciation is / ˈ k ɑː d r ə /. [8] Legal English is replete with words derived from Norman French, which for a long time was the language of the courts in England and Wales ...
Bucephalandra forcipula is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae, native to Kalimantan on Borneo. [1] It is an obligate rheophyte , found on granite waterfalls. [ 2 ]
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Many Angelinos of Hispanic descent will use the Spanish pronunciation. However, the neighborhood was named after José Vicente Féliz, whose last name had the Spanish pronunciation:. [66] Louisville, Kentucky: The name is pronounced by locals as / ˈ l uː ɪ v ɪ l / ⓘ LOO-iv-il. However, non-locals will usually use / ˈ l uː iː v ɪ l ...
This is a list of Spanish words of uncertain origin. Some of these words existed in Latin and/or Ancient Greek , but are thought by some scholars to ultimately come from some other source. Many of these words have alternate etymologies and may also appear on a list of Spanish words from a different language .