papa

(Latin America, US, Canary Islands, Andalusia, Equatorial Guinea) potato


maní

Chavacano: mani

→ Bikol Central: mani

→ Buhi'non Bikol: mani

→ Cebuano: mani

→ Cuyunon: mani

→ Higaonon: mani

→ Iriga Bicolano: mani

→ Karao: mani

→ Libon Bikol: mani

→ Masbate Sorsogon: mani

→ Masbatenyo: mani

→ Miraya Bikol: mani

→ Northern Catanduanes Bicolano: mani

→ Southern Catanduanes Bicolano: mani

→ Tagalog: mani

→ Waray Sorsogon: mani

→ West Albay Bikol: mani

→ Yakan: mani

→ Yogad: mani

(Canary Islands, Caribbean, Central America, Philippines, South America) peanut


guagua

Onomatopoeic of the sound made by the wheel suspension of the bus. The Royal Spanish Academy considers this etymology debatable.

(Caribbean, Canary Islands) bus (with a fixed route)


zarcillo

zarcillos (plural)
çarcillo (alternative)

From earlier cercillo, from Old Spanish cerciello, inherited from Latin circellus.

(Venezuela, Canary Islands, Andalusia, obsolete in Philippines) earring


tonga

Inherited from Latin tunica. Doublet of túnica, a borrowing.


chola

→ Ye'kwana: choda, chooda

(colloquial, Venezuela, Canary Islands) sandal, flip-flop


ustedes

head

ustedes m pl or f pl (singular usted, dative les)

usted (singular)
les (dative)
Uds. (alternative)
Vds. (alternative)
vds (alternative)
VV. (alternative)
UU. (alternative)

masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown

when the subject is plural and of mixed gender

Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity

Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to

(Latin America, US, Canary Islands, Western Andalusia) you (plural)


piña

→ English: piña

→ Bikol Central: pinya

→ Cebuano: pinya

→ Hiligaynon: pinya

→ Tagalog: pinya

Inherited from Latin pīnea. The sense "pineapple" comes from its resemblance to a pinecone, similarly to English pineapple. The sense "core of the agave plant" comes from its resemblance to a pineapple after the leaves are chopped off for harvesting.

(Canary Islands, Rioplatense, Venezuela, Bolivia, Paraguay, Honduras, Cuba) a punch


godo

Inherited from Latin Gothus, from Proto-Germanic *gutô. The Latin American sense Spaniard is rooted in the legendary Gothic origin of many Iberian noble families.

En Canarias nos llaman godos, en Asturias te tachan Oviedo para escribir Ovieu; […]

1994, José Ángel Mañas, chapter I, in Historias del Kronen, Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, →ISBN, page 13:

(Canary Islands, derogatory) someone from mainland Spain


arveja

arvejas (plural)
alverja (alternative)
arverja (alternative nonstandard)

Inherited from Latin ervilia. Doublet of ervilla.


empatar

es-verb

empatar (first-person singular present empato, first-person singular preterite empaté, past participle empatado)

empato (first-person present singular)
empaté (first-person preterite singular)
empatado (participle past)
empatar (infinitive)
empatando (gerund)
empatado (masculine participle past singular)
empatada (feminine participle past singular)
empatados (masculine participle past plural)
empatadas (feminine participle past plural)
empato (first-person indicative present singular)
empatas (indicative informal present second-person singular)
empatás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
empata (indicative present singular third-person)
empatamos (first-person indicative plural present)
empatáis (indicative plural present second-person)
empatan (indicative plural present third-person)
empataba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
empatabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
empataba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
empatábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
empatabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
empataban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
empaté (first-person indicative preterite singular)
empataste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
empató (indicative preterite singular third-person)
empatamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
empatasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
empataron (indicative plural preterite third-person)
empataré (first-person future indicative singular)
empatarás (future indicative second-person singular)
empatará (future indicative singular third-person)
empataremos (first-person future indicative plural)
empataréis (future indicative plural second-person)
empatarán (future indicative plural third-person)
empataría (conditional first-person indicative singular)
empatarías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
empataría (conditional indicative singular third-person)
empataríamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
empataríais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
empatarían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
empate (first-person present singular subjunctive)
empates (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
empatés (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
empate (present singular subjunctive third-person)
empatemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
empatéis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
empaten (plural present subjunctive third-person)
empatara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
empataras (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
empatara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
empatáramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
empatarais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
empataran (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
empatase (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
empatases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
empatase (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
empatásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
empataseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
empatasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
empatare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
empatares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
empatare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
empatáremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
empatareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
empataren (future plural subjunctive third-person)
empata (imperative informal second-person singular)
empatá (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
empate (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
empate (imperative singular third-person)
empatemos (first-person imperative plural)
empatad (imperative plural second-person)
empaten (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
empaten (imperative plural third-person)
empates (imperative negative second-person singular)
empate (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
empate (imperative negative singular third-person)
empatemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
empatéis (imperative negative plural second-person)
empaten (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
empaten (imperative negative plural third-person)
empatarme (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
empatarte (combined-form dative infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
empatarle (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
empatarse (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
empatarnos (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
empataros (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
empatarles (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
empatarse (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
empatarme (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
empatarte (accusative combined-form infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
empatarlo (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
empatarla (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
empatarse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
empatarnos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
empataros (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
empatarlos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
empatarlas (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
empatarse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
empatándome (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-singular)
empatándote (combined-form dative gerund object-second-person object-singular)
empatándole (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
empatándose (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
empatándonos (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-plural)
empatándoos (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-second-person)
empatándoles (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
empatándose (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
empatándome (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-singular)
empatándote (accusative combined-form gerund object-second-person object-singular)
empatándolo (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
empatándola (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
empatándose (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
empatándonos (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-plural)
empatándoos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-second-person)
empatándolos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
empatándolas (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
empatándose (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
empátame (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
empátate (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
empátale (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
empátanos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
empátales (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
empátame (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
empátate (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
empátalo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
empátala (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
empátanos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
empátalos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
empátalas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
empatame (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
empatate (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
empatale (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
empatanos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
empatales (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
empatame (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
empatate (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
empatalo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
empatala (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
empatanos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
empatalos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
empatalas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
empáteme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
empátele (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
empátese (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
empátenos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
empáteles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
empáteme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
empátelo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
empátela (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
empátese (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
empátenos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
empátelos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
empátelas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
empatémoste (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
empatémosle (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
empatémonos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
empatémoos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
empatémosles (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
empatémoste (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
empatémoslo (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
empatémosla (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
empatémonos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
empatémoos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
empatémoslos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
empatémoslas (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
empatadme (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
empatadle (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
empatadnos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
empataos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
empatadles (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
empatadme (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
empatadlo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
empatadla (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
empatadnos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
empataos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
empatadlos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
empatadlas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
empátenme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
empátenle (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
empátennos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
empátenles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
empátense (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
empátenme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
empátenlo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
empátenla (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
empátennos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
empátenlos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
empátenlas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
empátense (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)

→ Catalan: empatar

Borrowed from Italian impattare (“to tie, to draw”), probably from Latin pactum (“agreement, bargain, pact”), formally from the supine pactum of pacīscor (“to bargain, to contract”); not directly related to homonymous Italian impattare (“to impact”), derived via an English borrowing from the nearly homonymous supine impāctum of impingō (“to strike”).

der

(Canary Islands, Latin America) to connect, join


tacha

(Canary Islands, Granada, Cuba, Mexico) An apparatus in which sugar cane syrup is evaporated to produce panela


chacho

es-noun

chacho m (plural chachos, feminine chacha, feminine plural chachas)

chachos (plural)
chacha (feminine)
chachas (feminine plural)

/ˈt͡ʃat͡ʃo/ [ˈt͡ʃä.t͡ʃo̞]

/ˈt͡ʃat͡ʃo/ [ˈc̟ä.ɟ̟o̞]

(informal, Puerto Rico, Canary Islands) Term of address, dude, mate


casal

Inherited from Late Latin casālis (“domestic, belonging to the house”) or casāle (“country house, farm”), ultimately from casa. Compare Italian casale, Old French chesal, Catalan casal.

inh+

(Canary Islands, Rioplatense, Paraguay, Venezuela) mating pair (of animals)


habichuela

→ Tagalog: abitsuwelas

→ Hanunoo: abitsuwilas

From haba (“bean”) + -ichuela, or possibly from a Mozarabic *fabichela (cf. attested faichiela), from Vulgar Latin *fabicella, diminutive of Latin faba.

(Canary Islands, Andalusia, Cuba, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela) green bean


vendaje

From vendar (“to bandage, to dress”) + -aje.

La vendedora me dio vendaje.

The vendor gave me an extra amount of goods.

(El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, Canary Islands) freebie, bonus (something extra given by a seller after a purchase)


alcancía

→ Cebuano: alkansiya

→ Hiligaynon: alkansiya

→ Maranao: alkansiya

→ Tagalog: alkansiya

→ Tausug: alkansiya

→ Yakan: alkansiya

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic *اَلْكَنْزِيَّة (*al-kanziyya), derived from Arabic كَنْز (kanz, “treasure”), of Iranian origin. Cognate with Portuguese alcanzia.

bor+

*اَلْكَنْزِيَّة

der+

(Latin America, Philippines, Canary Islands, Andalusia) piggy bank


cachorra

(Canary Islands) Canarian flexible wide-brimmed hat


millo

rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines

Borrowed from Portuguese milho. Doublet of mijo.


rosca

→ Tagalog: roskas

→ Tunisian Arabic: روشكة (rūška)

Probably from a Germanic source *raþiską (“spinning object”), from *raþą (“wheel”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hret- (“to roll”), though a Celtiberian or another Paleo-Hispanic language is possible.


morriña

Borrowed from Galician morriña, ultimately from a form of Latin mori (“to die”).

(Andalusia, Canary Islands) sleepiness, somnolence, especially following a meal


choni

Borrowed from English Johnny, diminutive of John, an English given name.

(colloquial, Canary Islands) a foreign tourist, particularly if anglophone


anjova

Borrowed from Catalan anxova (“anchovy”), in turn from Spanish anchova, from Ligurian anciôa, from Vulgar Latin *apiuva, from Latin aphyē, from Ancient Greek ἀφύη (aphúē, “small fry”). Doublet of anchoa and anchova.

bor+

Pomatomus saltatrix
Pomatomus saltatrix#Translingual

(Canary Islands) bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix)


gofio

Me crié en la tahona, antes no se tomaba ni café ni cocoa, cuando llegaba de la escuela lo primero que hacía era agarrar una tacita y comerme el gofio seco, una taza de leche con gofio y azúcar, esa era la merienda de todos los niños.

2006, Fernando Carnero Lorenzo, Juan Sebastián Nuez Yánez, Canarias-Uruguay-Canarias: el papel de los emigrantes canarios en el tejido empresarial de Canarias y Uruguay, Ediciones IDEA, →ISBN, page 232:

(cooking, Canary Islands) gofio (flour made from roasted grains)


bemba

(Canary Islands, Antilles, Ecuador, Central America, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela) Mouth with large and bulky lips


arrorró

Borrowed from Guanche ⴰⵔⵔⴰⵡⵔⴰⵡ (arrawraw).

Canaries, Cuban, Colombian, Venezuelan, and Uruguayan form of arroró


tortilla de papas

es-noun

tortilla de papas f (plural tortillas de papas)

(Hispanic Americ, Canary Islands) Spanish omelet


lavija

(Andalusia, Canary Islands, Extremadura) alternative form of clavija


creyón

(Colombia, Venezuela, Canary Islands) crayon


aguaviva

aguavivas (plural)
agua viva (alternative)

(Canary Islands, Andalusia, Rioplatense, Chile, Puerto Rico) jellyfish


pechada

(Canary Islands, Canarian Wrestling) push that one of the fighters gives with his trunk on that of his rival, throwing him backwards


parchita

(Canary Islands, Venezuela) passion fruit


bienmesabe

Univerbation of bien + me + sabe, literally “it tastes good to me”.

univerbation

(Canary Islands) a sweet sauce made from ground almonds


zarandajo

es-adj

zarandajo (feminine zarandaja, masculine plural zarandajos, feminine plural zarandajas)

zarandaja (feminine)
zarandajos (masculine plural)
zarandajas (feminine plural)

(Canary Islands, Colombia, Honduras, Venezuela) nasty; horrid (person)


guagüero

es-noun

guagüero m (plural guagüeros, feminine guagüera, feminine plural guagüeras)

guagüeros (plural)
guagüera (feminine)
guagüeras (feminine plural)

(Canary Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Louisiana, Puerto Rico) bus driver


fajana

(geology, Canary Islands) flat terrain near a hillside or cliff, created from collapsing materials from such elevations


gánigo

(Canary Islands) a piece of clay pottery