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The definition of Hispanic excludes Brazil because Portuguese is the country's primary language, but it does include Spain, even though it’s in Europe. ... What does Spanish mean? Photo credit ...
In English the word is attested from the 16th century (and in the late 19th century in American English). [8] The words Spain, Spanish, and Spaniard are of the same etymology as Hispanus, ultimately. [7] Bust of a young Hispano-Roman man, 2nd century. Hispanus was the Latin name given to a person from Hispania during Roman rule.
Spanish is described as a "verb-framed" language, meaning that the direction of motion is expressed in the verb while the mode of locomotion is expressed adverbially (e.g. subir corriendo or salir volando; the respective English equivalents of these examples—'to run up' and 'to fly out'—show that English is, by contrast, "satellite-framed ...
In the English language, the term Latino is a loan word from American Spanish. [7] [8] (Oxford Dictionaries attributes the origin to Latin-American Spanish. [9]) Its origin is generally given as a shortening of latinoamericano, Spanish for 'Latin American'. [10] The Oxford English Dictionary traces its usage to 1946. [7]
More narrowly, Spanglish can specifically mean a variety of Spanish with heavy use of English loanwords. [2] Since different Spanglish arises independently in different regions of varying degrees of bilingualism, it reflects the locally spoken varieties of English and Spanish. Different forms of Spanglish are not necessarily mutually intelligible.
English or Spanish is an Internet prank challenge that was popularized in 2024. The challenge involves asking the question "English or Spanish?" to an unsuspecting person or group—mainly men or boys—and then declaring "Whoever moves first is gay" in the chosen language. The participants, including the speaker, would often remain still in ...
Diego is a Spanish masculine given name. The Portuguese equivalent is Diogo. The etymology of Diego is disputed, with two major origin hypotheses: Tiago and Didacus. The name also has several patronymic derivations, listed below.
Gringo (/ ˈ ɡ r iː n ɡ oʊ /, Spanish: [ˈɡɾiŋɡo], Portuguese: [ˈɡɾĩɡu]) (masculine) or gringa (feminine) is a term in Spanish and Portuguese for a foreigner. In Spanish, the term usually refers to English-speaking Anglo-Americans. There are differences in meaning depending on region and country.