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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.
calé — a Romani person; from Caló ' Romani, speaker of Romani ', see caló below. caló — Caló language, also black, dark-colored; the word is possibly related to Sanskrit kanlanka ' blemish, macula ' and/or Ancient Greek kelainós ' black '.
Pages in category "Lists of Spanish words of foreign origin" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
abarca - encompasses; abarcar - to encompass; abarrotado - crowded; abarrote - grocery; abastacer - to supply; abastece - supplies; abastecido - stocked; abastecimiento - catering
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from pachuco, "fancy-dresser." or "unsuitable or bad-looking attire" paella from Spanish paella, from Valencian paella "pan" and the dish name. Originated in Latin patella, also meaning "pan." palmetto from palmito, "palm heart, little palm", diminutive form of the word for palm. pampa via Spanish, from Quechua pampa, plain papaya
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a Spanish meat made from unweaned lambs (roast lechazo-lambs-). Very typical of Valladolid. Lechazo de Castilla y León. Lomo embuchado: everywhere meat a cured meat made from a pork tenderloin. In its essentials, it is the same as Cecina, the Spanish air dried cured smoked Beef tenderloin Longaniza: everywhere sausage