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  2. List of Spanish words of various origins - Wikipedia

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    The Real Academia Española (Spanish Royal Academy) claims that Paliacate comes from Nahuatl pal ' colour ' and yacatl ' nose '. paria — pariah, outcast; from Tamil paraiyan ' pariah ', literally ' one who plays the drum ' [b], from parai ' drum ', possibly from parāi ' to speak '.

  3. Wappo language - Wikipedia

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    As listed above in the consonant section, /f/, /d/, /g/, /r/ and /rʼ/ are used for Spanish borrowings. Many of the first words borrowed from Spanish into Wappo referred to items that were traded. In some cases, words may have been borrowed from other American Indian languages in contact with Spanish, rather than directly from Spanish.

  4. Diccionario de la lengua española - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Most common words in Spanish - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Sire - Wikipedia

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    In French and other languages it is less archaic and relatively more current. ... The words "sire" and "sir", as well as the French "(mon)sieur", the Spanish ...

  7. Spanglish - Wikipedia

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    The name fromlostiano comes from the expression From Lost to the River, which is a word-for-word translation of de perdidos al río; an idiom that means that one is prone to choose a particularly risky action in a desperate situation (this is somewhat comparable to the English idiom in for a penny, in for a pound). The humor comes from the fact ...

  8. Talk:Actions speak louder than words - Wikipedia

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    The guidance says "This means that a quotation is visually on the page, but its relevance is not explained anywhere." Actions speak louder than words is a proverb that applies to all kinds of situations: love, war, business, Servilius Casca, etc. Simply creating this article, which already is supported by a dictionary entry, is not helpful.

  9. Órale - Wikipedia

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    Órale is a common interjection in Mexican Spanish slang. [1] It is also commonly used in the United States as an exclamation expressing approval or encouragement. The term has varying connotations, including an affirmation that something is impressive, an agreement with a statement (akin to "okay"), or to signify distress.