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Currently in Spain, people bear a single or composite given name (nombre in Spanish) and two surnames (apellidos in Spanish). A composite given name is composed of two (or more) single names; for example, Juan Pablo is considered not to be a first and a second forename, but a single composite forename. [6]
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Zorro (Spanish: or, Spanish for "fox") is a fictional character created in 1919 by American pulp writer Johnston McCulley, appearing in works set in the Pueblo of Los Angeles in Alta California. [1] He is typically portrayed as a dashing masked vigilante who defends the commoners and Indigenous peoples of California against corrupt, tyrannical ...
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 ...
Here are 14 celebrities who were pressured to change their names to get ahead in Hollywood: 1. Óscar Isaac Hernández Estrada initially auditioned for roles with the surname Hernández.
The 1972 British-Spanish film Horror Express (Spanish: Pánico en el Transiberiano, lit. "Panic on the Trans-Siberian"), directed by Eugenio Martín and starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and Telly Savalas, with Argentine actor Alberto de Mendoza also starring as a version of Rasputin named Father Pujardov, a mystical monk who travels on train as the adviser of a Russian Tsar (who is ...
Latinos have shaped Hollywood since the silent era, says Reyes, a longtime film publicist and author of "Viva Hollywood" and "Made in Mexico," who addresses the industry's racism but celebrates ...
The naming customs of Hispanic America are similar to the Spanish naming customs practiced in Spain, with some modifications to the surname rules.Many Hispanophones in the countries of Spanish-speaking America have two given names, plus like in Spain, a paternal surname (primer apellido or apellido paterno) and a maternal surname (segundo apellido or apellido materno).