fa

fa (fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) musical note)


abdominales

(sports) series of any abdominal exercises


aboriginal

es-noun

aboriginal m or f by sense (plural aboriginales)

Aborigine (original inhabitant of Australia)


bpd

(abbreviation) Initialism of barriles por día (barrels per day)


o

The sixteenth letter of the Spanish alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.


man

Me dijeron que andabas un poco triste / Que te pusiste a beber y con un man por ahí te fuiste

I heard you were feeling down / That you'd been drinking and took off with some guy

(Latin America, colloquial) man, guy, dude


reality

reality m (plural realities or realitys)

Clipping of reality show, from unadapted borrowing from English reality show.

ubor

Hace un mes fueron precisamente las protestas (digitales) las que tumbaron el estreno de The Activist, un reality estadounidense al que se acusó de querer mercantilizar el altruismo, promover la rivalidad entre causas sociales y reducir su éxito al alcance en redes de quienes defienden los derechos humanos.

2021 October 26, Celia Fernández, “El activismo altruista como carne de ‘reality’”, in El País:


andante

es-adj

andante m or f (masculine and feminine plural andantes)

Caballero andante.


andante

es-noun

andante m or f by sense (plural andantes)


webmaster

webmaster m or f by sense (plural webmasters or webmaster)


radio

Clipping of radiotransmisión and/or radiodifusora.

(communication) radio (industry, signal)


Bahamas

Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)


panista

es-adj

panista m or f (masculine and feminine plural panistas)

(relational) of PAN (a Mexican political party)


chihuahuense

es-noun

chihuahuense m or f by sense (plural chihuahuenses)


router

Unadapted borrowing from English router.


yak

Borrowed from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.


lama

(Buddhism) lama (master of Tibetan Buddhism)


koala

Borrowed from English koala, from Dharug gula.


yanqui

es-adj

yanqui m or f (masculine and feminine plural yanquis)

Borrowed from English Yankee, from Dutch (see more at said entry).

Yankee (of, from or relating to the United States)


yanqui

Yankee (native or inhabitant of the United States)


estadounidense

estadounidense m or f (masculine and feminine plural estadounidenses)

estadounidenses (feminine masculine plural)

From Estados Unidos (“United States”) + -ense.

suffix

American, US-American (of, from or relating to the United States)


estadounidense

es-noun

estadounidense m or f by sense (plural estadounidenses)

American, U.S. American (native or inhabitant of the United States)


pariente

pariente m or f by sense (plural parientes, feminine pariente or parienta, feminine plural parientes or parientas)

parientes (plural)
pariente (feminine)
parienta (feminine)
parientes (feminine plural)
parientas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Spanish pariente, from Latin parentem.

Acto seguido, 11 parientes le enviaron una carta de dos páginas en la que le acusan de haberse unido al “ejército del diablo”.

2021 February 17, Amanda Mars, “Ostracismo familiar para un congresista republicano por renegar de Trump: “Eres una decepción para Dios””, in El País:

Immediately afterwards, 11 relatives sent a two-page letter accusing him of having joined the “devil's army”.

relative, relation (member of one's family)


gracias

From gracia < Latin grātia, as used in the phrase gratias agere (“to express thanks”).


gracias

el día de acción de gracias

dar gracias

darle las gracias a alguien por algo

(literally, “to give thanks to somebody”)


we

Variant of güey, representing the relaxed pronunciation of the /gw/ sounds and in some cases loss of the /i/ sound.

(Mexico, colloquial slang) chump, punk, dumbass, idiot, jerk


pants

(Mexico) joggers (athletic trousers); sweatpants


juez

juez m or f by sense (plural jueces, feminine juez or jueza, feminine plural jueces or juezas)

jueces (plural)
juez (feminine)
jueza (feminine)
jueces (feminine plural)
juezas (feminine plural)

→ Tagalog: huwes

Inherited from Old Spanish juez, juiz, judez, from Latin iūdicem.


día

Papiamentu: dia

→ Sardinian: dia (Campidanese)

Inherited from Old Spanish dia, from Vulgar Latin *dia, first-declension reshaping of Classical Latin diēs, from Proto-Italic *djous, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“heaven, sky”). Compare Old Occitan dia and Old Galician-Portuguese dia. Not cognate with English day.


mapa

Chavacano: mapa

→ Bikol Central: mapa

→ Cebuano: mapa

→ Ilocano: mapa

→ Tagalog: mapa

From Latin mappa (“napkin, starting signal in a race”), see map for more.

map (sheet with geographical information on it)


negociante

es-noun

negociante m or f by sense (plural negociantes)

→ Cebuano: negosyante

→ Tagalog: negosyante


liberal

es-adj

liberal m or f (masculine and feminine plural liberales)

From Latin līberālis (“befitting a freeman”), from līber (“free”).


liberal

es-noun

liberal m or f by sense (plural liberales)


vocal

→ Cebuano: bokal


vocal

es-adj

vocal m or f (masculine and feminine plural vocales)


ida y vuelta

Un billete de ida y vuelta.


criminal

es-noun

criminal m or f by sense (plural criminales)

Borrowed from Late Latin or Juridical Latin criminālis (“criminal”), from Latin crīmen (“verdict; crime”).


simple

es-adj

simple m or f (masculine and feminine plural simples)

Chavacano: simple


manga

(comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)


party

Unadapted borrowing from English party. Doublet of partida.


leader

es-noun

leader m or f by sense (plural leaderes)


homosexual

es-adj

homosexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural homosexuales)

homosexuales (feminine masculine plural)

El comportamiento homosexual se observa con frecuencia entre los mamíferos.

Homosexual behaviour is frequently observed among mammals.


homosexual

es-noun

homosexual m or f by sense (plural homosexuales)


nazi

Borrowed from German Nazi, a shortening of Nationalsozialist (“National Socialist”).


nazi

es-adj

nazi m or f (masculine and feminine plural nazis)


delta

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).


once

→ Cebuano: onse

→ Tagalog: onse

Inherited from Old Spanish onze, ondze, from Latin ūndecim.


once

tomar las once

(Latin America) elevenses, snack (bread with tea or coffee)


premier

es-noun

premier m or f by sense (plural premiers or premieres)

Borrowed from French premier (literally “first”).


Cs

La actitud de Cs en Murcia, negociando en secreto con el PSOE una moción de censura contra el PP, les sentó como una auténtica “traición”.

2021 March 10, Javier Casqueiro, Elsa García de Blas, “Casado y Ayuso: “Si Ciudadanos se atreve en Murcia, apretamos el botón nuclear””, in El País:


pa

(Latin America) Clipping of papá: dad; pop; papa


micro

Micros, peseras, camiones, colectivos, a lo largo de la historia el transporte público de México ha adquirido diversos nombres, pero ¿de dónde provienen?

2016 June 8, Atracción 360, “¿Por qué les llamamos “Micros”?”, in Diego Pérez:


vodka

Borrowed from Russian во́дка (vódka, literally “little water”), a diminutive of вода́ (vodá, “water”).


fan

es-noun

fan m or f by sense (plural fans or fanes)

Ella es una gran fan tuya.


sí

yes (commonly used to respond affirmatively to a question)

"Les gusta el chocolate, ¿verdad?" "A mí sí, pero a él no."

"You both like chocolate, right?" "I do, but he doesn't."

A syntactic marker for emphasis or to replace an earlier verb, allowing the speaker to avoid repeating the verb, both similar to English do

(Spain) hello (used to answer the telephone)


sí

Ganaron los síes.


panda

Borrowed from Latin pandus, from pandō (“to extend, spread out”).

una panda de vagos


drama

Borrowed from Latin drama, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma). Cognate with English drama.

drama, tragedy, plight (quality of intense or high emotion or situation of enormous gravity that heightens such emotions)


maní

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


primavera

Inherited from Old Spanish primavera, from Late Latin prīma vēra, from Latin prīmus (“first”) + vēr (“spring”). Compare Italian primavera and Romanian primăvară.

Mi primo tiene cuarenta primaveras


primavera

primavera m or f by sense (plural primaveras)

simple soul; simple creature; simple sod


primavera

Turdus migratorius
Turdus migratorius#Translingual

(Mexico) American robin, Turdus migratorius


millennial

millennial m or f by sense (plural millennials)


poeta

poeta m (plural poetas, feminine poeta or poetisa, feminine plural poetas or poetisas)

poetas (plural)
poeta (feminine)
poetisa (feminine)
poetas (feminine plural)
poetisas (feminine plural)

From Latin poēta, from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs).


bestia

Probably borrowed from Latin bēstia. Compare English beast.

(derogatory) brute (person who acts stupidly)


hippie

Unadapted borrowing from English hippie.


virgo

Ella es virgo y nosotras sagitario.

(singular only) Virgo, a constellation and sign in astrology


leo

es-adj

leo m or f (masculine and feminine plural leos)


libra

From Latin libra (“Roman pound, scale”). Doublet of lira. In reference to the English unit, a calque of English pound. Cognate with Galician and Portuguese libra and Catalan lliura.

English or American pound avoirdupois (a unit of mass equivalent to 453.6 g)

(historical) libra, Spanish pound (a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 460 g)

British pound (the currency of the United Kingdom and its dependencies, originally notionally equivalent to a pound of stirling silver)

(chiefly historical) pound (various other currencies originally notionally equivalent to a pound of gold or silver)


libra

Libra (someone with the Libra star sign)


mano

→ Cebuano: mano, ⇒ lamano

Chavacano: mano

→ English: mano

→ Papiamentu: man

→ Tagalog: mano

Inherited from Old Spanish mano, from Latin manus, from Proto-Italic *manus, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én-, derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon”), or perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *mon-u- (see the Proto-Italic entry). Cognate with Galician man and Portuguese mão. Compare French main.

der

manos besa el hombre, que querría ver cortadas

muchas manos en un plato causan arrebato


saloon

Unadapted borrowing from English saloon. Doublet of salón.


speaker

es-noun

speaker m or f by sense (plural speakers or speaker)


Azores

Fuimos a las Azores.


intro

Enter, enter (the "Enter" key on a computer keyboard)


heterosexual

es-adj

heterosexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural heterosexuales)

heterosexuales (feminine masculine plural)


heterosexual

es-noun

heterosexual m or f by sense (plural heterosexuales)


amateur

amateur m or f by sense (plural amateurs)

Unadapted borrowing from French amateur. Doublet of amador.

amateur (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)


rival

es-adj

rival m or f (masculine and feminine plural rivales)


pidgin

(linguistics) pidgin (amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers)


teenager

es-noun

teenager m or f by sense (plural teenagers or teenager)

Unadapted borrowing from English teenager.

ubor

teenager (a person between 13 and 19 years of age)


bisexual

es-adj

bisexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural bisexuales)


bisexual

es-noun

bisexual m or f by sense (plural bisexuales)


canguro

canguro m or f by sense (plural canguros)

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: canguro

Borrowed from English kanguroo, variant of kangaroo, from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru.

hacer de canguro

ya podía hacerles de canguro.


coma

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep”).


single

Unadapted borrowing from English single. Doublet of sendos.


tema

Borrowed from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma). Doublet of taima.

Me gusta la serie porque el tema es complicado.

I like the series because the plot is complicated.

theme; plot (of a book, film or other media)

el tema es que…

por el tema de


runner

es-noun

runner m or f by sense (plural runners or runner)


shawarma

shawarma (a Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap)


whiskey

Unadapted borrowing from English whiskey.


porno

es-noun

porno m or f (countable and uncountable, plural pornos)

(colloquial) porn, especially the produced material


toga

only used in se toga, third-person singular present indicative of togarse

only used in te ... toga, syntactic variant of tógate, second-person singular imperative of togarse


profeta

profeta m (plural profetas, feminine profetisa, feminine plural profetisas)

profetas (plural)
profetisa (feminine)
profetisas (feminine plural)

→ Cebuano: propeta

→ Classical Nahuatl: propheta

→ Tagalog: propeta, pulupeta

Inherited from Old Spanish propheta, borrowed from Latin prophēta, borrowed from Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs), from προ- (pro-) + φημί (phēmí) + -της (-tēs).


novel

Borrowed from Catalan novell, from Latin novellus. Doublet of novillo.


yuki

es-adj

yuki m or f (masculine and feminine plural yukis or yuki)

yukis (feminine masculine plural)
yuki (feminine masculine plural)


yuki

es-noun

yuki m or f by sense (plural yukis or yuki)


pro

Inherited from Old Spanish pro, from Late Latin prōde (“useful”).


pro

A recent Latinism, borrowed from Latin prō; see above. Doublet of por.


pro

A very recent anglicism, borrowed from English pro.

Ella es toda una pro.


pro

es-adj

pro m or f (masculine and feminine plural pro or pros)

pro (feminine masculine plural)
pros (feminine masculine plural)

Los atletas pro llegaron ayer, los otros vienen hoy.

The pro athletes arrived yesterday, the rest are coming today.

2016, Club de la Lucha, 2016-01-12 Entrevista The Fight Cub Torre Del Mar:https://www.clubdelalucha.es/blog/entrevistas/entrevista-the-fight-cub-torre-del-mar

We've had pro and newbie fighters, but right now they're not active.

Hemos tenido luchadores pro y neo pero en este momento no están activos.


che

name of the digraph Ch/ch; previously considered a letter


che

(Argentina, colloquial) dude; bro; man; mate

(Spain, soccer) a person connected with Valencia Club de Fútbol, as a player, fan, coach, etc.


soprano

es-noun

soprano m or f by sense (plural sopranos)

Borrowed from Italian soprano, from Vulgar Latin *superanus, from Latin super. Doublet of soberano.


ala

From Old Spanish ala (compare Ladino ala), from Latin āla.


Alpes

Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe)


cámara

Inherited from Old Spanish camara, borrowed from Vulgar Latin camara, variant of Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “something with an arched cover, a vaulted chamber”). Doublet of cambra.


cámara

(cinematography) cameraman, camera operator (somebody who operates a movie camera or television camera)


pirata

From Latin pīrāta, from Ancient Greek πειρᾱτής (peirātḗs).

pirate (person who commits robbery at sea against other ships)

pirate (person who reproduces copyrighted works without permission)

(Argentina, derogatory) English, British


teacher

es-noun

teacher m or f by sense (plural teachers)

Unadapted borrowing from English teacher.


royal

(Chile) baking powder (dry leavening agent used in baking)


performer

es-noun

performer m or f by sense (plural performeres)


falafel

falafel m (plural falafels or falafeles)

Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil).


nirvana

Borrowed from Sanskrit निर्वाण (nirvāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from निस् (nis, “out”) + वा (vā, “to blow”). The masculine gender in Spanish seems to adapt the neuter gender of the Sanskrit original, compare mantra, yoga.


hooligan

es-noun

hooligan m or f by sense (plural hoolíganes)

Unadapted borrowing from English hooligan.


idiota

es-adj

idiota m or f (masculine and feminine plural idiotas)

Borrowed from Latin idiōta, from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “layman”) from ἴδιος (ídios, “private”).


idiota

(derogatory) idiot, moron, fool, dork, eejit

(derogatory) dick, jerk, schmuck, douchebag, asshole, ass, jackass, prick (i.e., a cocky or self-important individual without any foundation for it)


tata

Borrowed from Latin tata. Compare taita.


-cida

es-noun

-cida m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -cidas)

Borrowed from Latin -cīda, from the base of caedō (“to cut, strike, kill”).


-cida

-cida m (noun-forming suffix, plural -cidas)


occidental

es-adj

occidental m or f (masculine and feminine plural occidentales)

occidentales (feminine masculine plural)


menú

Borrowed from French menu (“detailed list, menu”), noun use of menu (“small, detailed”), from Latin minūtus (“very small”). Doublet of menudo and minuto.

bor+

menu (list of foods to be served at a meal)

menu (list of dishes offered at a restaurant)

(computing) menu (list from which the operator can select an operation)


chauffeur

es-noun

chauffeur m or f by sense (plural chauffeurs or chauffeur)


Japón

→ Guaraní: Hapõ

→ Tagalog: Hapon, Sapon (obsolete)

From either Portuguese Japão or directly from Early Manila Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún) as recorded in the Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum (1626-1642), ultimately from Middle Chinese 日本 (ȵiɪt̚ puən^X, literally “sun origin”).


antisemita

es-adj

antisemita m or f (masculine and feminine plural antisemitas)


antisemita

es-noun

antisemita m or f by sense (plural antisemitas)


enigma

From Latin aenigma (“riddle”), from Ancient Greek αἴνιγμα (aínigma, “dark saying, riddle”).


yo

From Old Spanish yo, from Late Latin eo, from Classical Latin egō̆.

first-person singular pronoun in the nominative case; I

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


snorkel

Unadapted borrowing from English snorkel.


ninja

(martial arts, historical) ninja (person trained in stealth, espionage, assassination and ninjutsu)


fantasma

→ Cebuano: pantasma

Borrowed from Latin phantasma, from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma, “image, phantom”), from φαντάζω (phantázō, “to make visible”), from φαίνω (phaínō, “to cause to appear, bring to light”). Compare Sicilian fantàsimu (“dumb”). Cognate with English phantom.

der

El fantasma de la ópera.


foyer

Borrowed from English foyer or French foyer.


geta

From Latin Geta, from Ancient Greek Γέτης (Gétēs).


tala

tala (Celtis tala, a South American tree)


hacker

es-noun

hacker m or f by sense (plural hackers or hacker)

Unadapted borrowing from English hacker.


espada

→ Cebuano: espada

→ Japanese: スベタ

→ Tagalog: espada

Inherited from Old Spanish espada, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē). Doublet of espata.

(bullfighting) matador (person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight)


Labrador

Borrowed from English Labrador, which is an eponym of Portuguese explorer João Fernandes Lavrador, derived from Latin labor (“work”).

[la.β̞ɾaˈð̞oɾ]

Labrador (mainland portion of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador)


Labrador

[la.β̞ɾaˈð̞oɾ]


pampa

→ English: pampas

→ Portuguese: pampa

Borrowed from Quechua pampa (“plain; prairie”).

bor+

(usually in the plural) pampas (plains of South America south of the Amazon)


clima

Borrowed from Late Latin clīma (“climate”), from Ancient Greek κλῐ́μᾰ (klĭ́mă, “region, zone”), from κλῐ́νω (klĭ́nō, “to slope, to incline”).


ñandú

→ Catalan: nyandú

Borrowed from Guaraní ñandu guasu (literally “big spider”), perhaps by the similarity between the hair of the rhea and that of hairy spiders of the Amazon Basin.


anteojos

→ Zoogocho Zapotec: antioj

(Latin America) glasses, (formal) spectacles, (US) eyeglass


mantra

mantra (a phrase repeated during meditation)


delivery

es-noun

delivery m (plural deliveries or delivery)

Unadapted borrowing from English delivery.


lateral

es-adj

lateral m or f (masculine and feminine plural laterales)


lateral

es-noun

lateral m or f by sense (plural laterales)

(soccer) full-back, fullback (a player who plays on the left or right side of defence)


cocktail

cocktail m (plural cocktails or cocktail)


wari

es-adj

wari m or f (masculine and feminine plural wari or waris)

wari (feminine masculine plural)
waris (feminine masculine plural)


wari

es-noun

wari m or f by sense (plural wari or waris)


bonaerense

bonaerense m or f by sense (plural bonaerenses)

From a Latinate form of Buenos Aires + -ense.

native or inhabitant of the province of Buenos Aires


balboa

Named after Vasco Núñez de Balboa. See also Balboa.


iris

Borrowed from Latin iris, Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris).


mir

Initialism of médico interno residente m, médica interna residente f.

initialism

(Spain) resident (physician in training)


orate

Borrowed from Catalan orat, from a derivative of Latin aura, in the sense of an ill or unhealthy air or aura.


soma

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”).


celebrity

es-noun

celebrity m or f by sense (plural celebritys)

Unadapted borrowing from English celebrity.

ubor

En la realidad, la celebrity y empresaria Kim Kardashian (41 años) ha estado saliendo nueve meses con el cómico Pete Davidson (28), hasta que rompieron a principios de agosto.

2022 August 18, Enrique Alpañés, “Pete Davison no saldrá en ‘Las Kardashian’: así es como los novios, maridos y exparejas del clan aparecen en el ‘reality’”, in El País:

In reality, the celebrity and businesswoman Kim Kardashian (41 years old) has been dating comedian Pete Davidson (28) for nine months, until they broke up in early August.


asexual

es-adj

asexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural asexuales)


asexual

es-noun

asexual m or f by sense (plural asexuales)


chef

Unadapted borrowing from French chef. Doublet of jefe and cabo.


extra

es-adj

extra m or f (masculine and feminine plural extras)


melodrama

From Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos) and Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma).


rapper

Unadapted borrowing from English rapper.


referee

es-noun

referee m or f by sense (plural referees)

Unadapted borrowing from English referee.


sistema operativo

es-noun

sistema operativo m (plural sistemas operativos)


vietnamita

es-adj

vietnamita m or f (masculine and feminine plural vietnamitas)


vietnamita

es-noun

vietnamita m or f by sense (plural vietnamitas)


blues

blues (canonical masculine plural)
blues (canonical masculine)

(music) blues (a musical genre of African American origin)


EE. UU.

Initialism of Estados Unidos (“United States”).

initialism of

Básicamente, los EE. UU. quieren que allí no aparezcan graves problemas que requieran la atención y los recursos que deben usarse en otras partes.

Basically, the USA wants to keep serious problems from appearing there that would require attention and resources that should be used elsewhere.


Estados Unidos

United States (a country in North America)


popular

es-adj

popular m or f (masculine and feminine plural populares)

(politics, Spain) Pertaining to PP (Partido Popular), a Spanish political party


popular

es-noun

popular m or f by sense (plural populares)

(politics, Spain) a member or supporter of PP (Partido Popular), a Spanish political party


neko

La neko estornudó varias veces. Después de un momento, me di cuenta de que estaba riéndose de mí. ...

2019, Julie Kagawa, El alma de la espada: La sombra del zorro 2, Océano Gran Travesía, →ISBN:


cana

Borrowed from Lunfardo [Term?], a slang term for police.

Que nos callásemos, que va a mandar a la policía.
-¡La policía no ! -dice Azucena- ¡ Rajemos chicas , que viene la cana ... !

1972, Osvaldo Guglielmino, Las leguas amargas:

(Argentina, Uruguay) police force, police department


apartheid

apartheid m (plural apartheids or apartheid)

Unadapted borrowing from Afrikaans apartheid (literally “separateness, apartness”) (1929 in a South African socio-political context), from Afrikaans apart (“separate”) + suffix -heid, cognate of English -hood.

ubor

(history) apartheid (racial separation in South Africa from 1948 to 1990)


putsch

putsch; coup (effort to overthrow the government)


yoruba

es-adj

yoruba m or f (masculine and feminine plural yorubas or yoruba)

yorubas (feminine masculine plural)
yoruba (feminine masculine plural)

[ɟ͡ʝoˈɾu.β̞a]

[ɟ͡ʝoˈɾu.β̞a]


yoruba

es-noun

yoruba m or f by sense (plural yorubas or yoruba)

[ɟ͡ʝoˈɾu.β̞a]

[ɟ͡ʝoˈɾu.β̞a]


yoruba

[ɟ͡ʝoˈɾu.β̞a]

[ɟ͡ʝoˈɾu.β̞a]


ratio

Learned borrowing from Latin ratiō. Doublet of ración and razón.


rookie

Unadapted borrowing from English rookie.


salame

(derogatory, colloquial, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay) a stupid person


contable

contable m or f by sense (plural contables)

From contabilidad (“accountancy”) + -able.


fashion

Unadapted borrowing from English fashion. Doublet of facción.


aroma

Borrowed from Late Latin arōma (“spices”), from Ancient Greek ἄρωμα (árōma, “seasoning, spicy and/or fragrant smell”).


iraquí

es-adj

iraquí m or f (masculine and feminine plural iraquís or iraquíes)

iraquís (feminine masculine plural)
iraquíes (feminine masculine plural)


iraquí

es-noun

iraquí m or f by sense (plural iraquís or iraquíes)


oriental

es-adj

oriental m or f (masculine and feminine plural orientales)

Señor, ¿usted es oriental o argentino?

1975, Jorge Luis Borges, “The Other”, in The Book of Sand, page 10:


oriental

es-noun

oriental m or f by sense (plural orientales)


telefonista

telefonista m or f by sense (plural telefonistas)

telephone operator, telephonist (person who operates a telephone switchboard)

telephone operator, telephonist (person who provides information or takes messages via the telephone)


maga

History of Puerto Rico#European powers fight over the island

Attested since Europeans began to encroach on Puerto Rico, a local Taíno formation one would believe.

Thespesia grandiflora, a tree native to Puerto Rico also planted elsewhere for its fairness and the working properties of its wood


miles

hace miles de años


admin

(Internet) admin (A user of a discussion forum, website, etc. with privileges)


grande

es-adj

grande m or f (masculine and feminine plural grandes, superlative grandísimo or mayor)

grandes (feminine masculine plural)
grandísimo (superlative)
mayor (superlative)

[ˈɡɾãn̪.d̪e]

Inherited from Old Spanish grande, from Latin grandem (“large; great”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ghrewə- (“to fell, put down, fall in”). Cognate with Ladino grande.

der

(after the noun or predicatively) big, large

Mi papá ya es muy grande para hacer eso.


grande

→ English: grandee

→ German: Grande

[ˈɡɾãn̪.d̪e]


barista

es-noun

barista m or f by sense (plural baristas)

Borrowed from Italian barista. By surface analysis, bar + -ista.


enema

Learned borrowing from Latin enema, from Ancient Greek ἔνεμα (énema, “injection”), from ἐνίημι (eníēmi, “to send in, inject”).


trauma

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, “wound, damage”).


sarcoma

Borrowed from Late Latin sarcōma, from Ancient Greek σάρκωμα (sárkōma), from σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”) + -ωμα (-ōma, “process”) or from Ancient Greek σαρκόω (sarkóō), itself from σάρξ (sárx).


dogma

From Latin dogma, from Ancient Greek δόγμα (dógma), from δοκέω (dokéō, “to seem good, think”).


edema

Borrowed from New Latin edema, from Ancient Greek οἴδημα (oídēma, “swelling”), from οἰδέω (oidéō, “to swell”).


carcinoma

Borrowed from Latin carcinōma, from Ancient Greek καρκίνωμα (karkínōma).

(oncology) carcinoma (type of malignant tumour)


cinema

cinema; movie theater (building where films are shown to an audience)


margarita

→ Tagalog: margarita

From Latin margarīta, from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs).


margarita

→ English: margarita

→ Italian: margarita


melanoma

From Ancient Greek μέλανος (mélanos) + -oma.


chakra

Borrowed from Sanskrit चक्र (cakra, “wheel, circle, point”). Doublet of ciclo.


karma

Borrowed from Sanskrit कर्मन् (kárman, “act, action, performance”).

(Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism) karma


yoga

Borrowed from Sanskrit योग (yóga, “yoking, union”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *yáwgas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwgas, from Proto-Indo-European *yéwg-o-s, from *yewg- (“to join”). Doublet of yugo.


puma

→ Bulgarian: пума (puma)

→ Catalan: puma

→ Danish: puma

desctree

→ English: puma
→ Malay: puma
→ Swedish: puma

→ Estonian: puuma

→ French: puma
→ Romanian: puma

→ German: Puma
→? Czech: puma
→ Faroese: puma
→ Finnish: puuma
→ Hungarian: puma
→? Swedish: puma

→ Greek: πούμα (poúma)

→ Icelandic: púma

→ Irish: púma

→ Italian: puma

→ Macedonian: пума (puma)

→ Norwegian: puma

→ Polish: puma

→ Portuguese: puma

→ Russian: пу́ма (púma)

→ Serbo-Croatian: pȕma / пу̏ма

→ Sicilian: puma

→ Slovak: puma

→ Slovene: púma

→ Swedish: puma

→ Translingual: Puma (see there for further descendants)

Puma concolor
Puma concolor#Translingual

cougar, mountain lion, puma (Puma concolor)


ombudsman

es-noun

ombudsman m or f by sense (plural ombúdsmanes)


brandy

Unadapted borrowing from English brandy.


tequila

→ English: tequila

→ Russian: теки́ла (tekíla)

→ Turkish: tekila

From Tequila, the town in Jalisco, Mexico where the drink was originally made.


gentil

es-adj

gentil m or f (masculine and feminine plural gentiles)

Borrowed from Latin gentīlis, from gēns (“Roman clan”).


gentil

es-noun

gentil m or f by sense (plural gentiles)


plebe

(colloquial, Sinaloa and Sonora, Mexico) kid, child


fagot

Borrowed from French fagot (“bundle of sticks”) (referring to the wood used to make the instrument).


árabe

es-adj

árabe m or f (masculine and feminine plural árabes)

Borrowed from Latin Arabs, from Ancient Greek Ἄραψ (Áraps, “Arab, Arabian”), from Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab).


problema

→ Cebuano: problema

> Chavacano: problema (inherited)

→ Tagalog: problema

Borrowed from Latin problēma, from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma, “obstacle”).

problem, issue, challenge (a difficulty or obstacle that has to be dealt with)


habitante

es-adj

habitante m or f (masculine and feminine plural habitantes)

inhabiting; said of something that inhabits


fonema

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma, “sound”).


Francisco

a male given name, equivalent to English Francis


Francisco

a surname transferred from the given name


spoiler

Unadapted borrowing from English spoiler.

ubor

(aeronautics) spoiler (a device to reduce lift and increase drag)

(automotive) spoiler (a device to reduce lift and increase downforce)

spoiler (document, review or comment that discloses the ending or some key surprise or twist in a story)


coy

Borrowed from Dutch kooi (“bunk”). Doublet of gavia and cávea.

(nautical) a type of hammock made of sailcloth used as a makeshift bunk


DJ

DJ, deejay, disk jockey (person who plays or mixes recorded music at nightclubs)


fashionista

es-noun

fashionista m or f by sense (plural fashionistas)


socialite

socialite m or f by sense (plural socialites)


gracioso

gracioso m or f by sense (plural graciosos)

Borrowed from Latin grātiōsus, from grātia. Compare English gracious.

(historical, theater) gracioso (bawdy clown or jester in 16th-century Spanish comedy)


zeugma

From Latin zeugma, from Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “bond, yoking”).


estudiante

es-noun

estudiante m or f by sense (plural estudiantes)

Chavacano: estudiante

→ Cebuano: estudyante

→ Hiligaynon: estudyante

→ Ilocano: estudiante

→ Maranao: istodiyanti

→ Tagalog: estudyante

student (a person who studies or learns about a particular subject)


polvo

Inherited from Old Spanish polvos (singular), from Vulgar Latin *pulvus, neuter form derived from Classical Latin pulvis m, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”).


insular

es-noun

insular m or f by sense (plural insulares)

(Philippines, obsolete, historical) Philippine-born person of pure or majority Spanish descent


joven

From Latin iuvenis. First attested in 1251. Coromines calls it 'semi-learned' on account of the preservation of /e/, the expected development being *jovene > *jovne > *jone; also because it was quite rare until the seventeenth century, the general term until then having been mozo.


peche

es-adj

peche m or f (masculine and feminine plural peches)


peche

(El Salvador) skinny person; skin and bones


ultra

ultra m or f (masculine and feminine plural ultras)

Finalmente, se termina preguntando si el líder del PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, ha asumido el discurso del partido ultra a raíz de los pactos que se han dado en ayuntamientos y algunas comunidades autónomas.

2023 June 20, Eliona Rakipaj, “Una lona de Vox en el centro de Madrid propone tirar a la basura el feminismo, el colectivo LGTBIQ+ y la Agenda 2030”, in El País:


mañana

Inherited from Old Spanish mañana or mannana (literally “tomorrow morning”), from Vulgar Latin *māneāna, from Latin māne, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-. Compare Portuguese manhã.


clavadista

es-noun

clavadista m or f by sense (plural clavadistas)


bocadillo

rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines

diminutive of bocado (“mouthful”), from bocado + -illo.

Necesito un bocadillo.


cubrecama

→ Tagalog: kubrekama

Verb-object compound, composed of cubre (“to cover”) + cama (“bed”).


zarista

es-adj

zarista m or f (masculine and feminine plural zaristas)


zarista

es-noun

zarista m or f by sense (plural zaristas)


zimbabuense

es-adj

zimbabuense m or f (masculine and feminine plural zimbabuenses)

zimbabuenses (feminine masculine plural)


zimbabuense

es-noun

zimbabuense m or f by sense (plural zimbabuenses)


zulú

es-adj

zulú m or f (masculine and feminine plural zulús or zulúes)

zulús (feminine masculine plural)
zulúes (feminine masculine plural)

Borrowed from English Zulu, from Zulu umZulu. The change to oxytone perhaps is a direct influence of Spanish demonyms ending with "i" (marroquí, andalusí, etc.), wich are a minority but end with a weak vowel, and indirect influence of more common demonyms ending with -és (francés, inglés, holandés, etc.).


zulú

es-noun

zulú m or f by sense (plural zulús or zulúes)


zombi

zombi m or f by sense (plural zombis or zombies)


yemenita

es-adj

yemenita m or f (masculine and feminine plural yemenitas)


yemenita

es-noun

yemenita m or f by sense (plural yemenitas)


wapití

Borrowed from French wapiti, from English wapiti, from Shawnee waapiti (“elk; white rump”).


ualabí

Borrowed from English wallaby, from Dharug wollabi.


ultimátum

ultimátum m (plural ultimátum or ultimátums)


bartender

bartender m or f by sense (plural bartenders)


bestseller

bestseller m (plural bestsellers or bestselleres)

bestsellers (plural)
bestselleres (plural)

Unadapted borrowing from English bestseller.


sex symbol

es-noun

sex symbol m or f by sense (plural sex symbols)

Unadapted borrowing from English sex symbol.


bed and breakfast

es-noun

bed and breakfast m (plural bedes and breakfasts or bed and breakfast)

bedes and breakfasts (plural)
bed and breakfast (plural)

bed and breakfast
bed and breakfast#English


hot dog

[ˌxoð̞ ˈð̞oɣ̞]

(Mexico, Peru) hot dog (the complete snack, never just the sausage)


thriller

thriller m (plural thrillers or thriller)

Unadapted borrowing from English thriller.


vacacionista

es-noun

vacacionista m or f by sense (plural vacacionistas)

(Mexico, California, Cuba, El Salvador, Honduras, Dominican Republic, Venezuela) vacationer


sabelotodo

sabelotodo m or f by sense (plural sabelotodos)

Verb-object compound, composed of sabe (“to know”) + lo (“it”) + todo (“all”), literally “know it all”.

es-verb-obj

A Entoven padre lo retrata como a un ingenuo que se cuidó poco de la educación del hijo y, al mismo tiempo, lo consideraba su “obra maestra”: un repelente sabelotodo, un niño prodigio de Saint-Germain-des-Près, el barrio del poder intelectual parisino.

2020 September 23, “Venganza, enredos y trapos sucios en Saint-Germain-des-Près”, in El País:

He portrays Entoven Sr. as a naive man who took little care of his son's education and, at the same time, considered him his “master work”: a repulsive know-it-all, a child prodigy from Saint-Germain-des-Près, the neighborhood of Parisian intellectual power.


jabalí

es-noun

jabalí m (plural jabalís or jabalíes, feminine jabalina, feminine plural jabalinas)

jabalís (plural)
jabalíes (plural)
jabalina (feminine)
jabalinas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Arabic جَبَلِيّ (jabaliyy, “of the mountains”), from جَبَل (jabal, “mountain”).


jerarca

es-noun

jerarca m or f by sense (plural jerarcas)


jesuita

jesuita m or f by sense (plural jesuitas)


jesuita

es-adj

jesuita m or f (masculine and feminine plural jesuitas)


jeta

Borrowed from Arabic خَطْم (ḵaṭm, “snout”). Some senses are derived from the association of prominent lips on angry or sleepy faces.

bor+

voy a echarme una jeta

cada vez que hablo de eso pones tu jeta

every time I talk about it you show your angry face

Escribiendo en servilletas, que tú tienes mucha jeta
 Ahondando en lo profundo de las mierdas de este mundo

2008, The New Raemon (lyrics and music), “La cafetera”, in A propósito de Garfunkel:

(Spain, colloquial) insolence, impudence, crust, rind


jeta

(familiar) face, mush, mug, scoundrel (impudent person)


jinete

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic زَنَاتِي (zanáti), the Zenati or Zenata Berbers, known as excellent horse breeders.


jingoísta

es-adj

jingoísta m or f (masculine and feminine plural jingoístas)


juerguista

es-noun

juerguista m or f by sense (plural juerguistas)


cripto

Clipping of criptomoneda, influenced by English crypto.


boba

Borrowed from English boba, ultimately from Cantonese 波霸 (bo1 baa3, “large breasts, tapioca pearls”).

der

¿Podemos tomar otro boba?


borderline

es-noun

borderline m or f by sense (plural borderlines)

borderline personality disorder
borderline personality disorder

(colloquial) someone with borderline personality disorder


querellante

querellante m or f by sense (plural querellantes)


quórum

Borrowed from Latin quōrum, genitive plural form of quī (“who, which”).


Delosreyes

a surname, especially common in the Philippines


luthier

luthier m (plural luthiers or luthieres)


tanga

From a Tupian language. Or, of African origin and borrowed from Kimbundu ntanga (“loincloth”).


ilegal

es-adj

ilegal m or f (masculine and feminine plural ilegales)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin illēgālis, from Latin lēgālis corresponding to i- + legal.


mari

mari m or f (masculine and feminine plural maris)


penitente

es-noun

penitente m or f by sense (plural penitentes)


Atlas

Borrowed from Latin Atlās, from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas).

Atlas Mountains (a mountain range in northwestern Africa)


Chinchilla

[t͡ʃĩnʲˈt͡ʃi.ʝa]

[t͡ʃĩnʲˈt͡ʃi.ʝa]

[t͡ʃĩnʲˈt͡ʃi.ʎa]

[t͡ʃĩnʲˈt͡ʃi.ʃa]

[t͡ʃĩnʲˈt͡ʃi.ʒa]


Cruz

From cruz (“cross”), in the religious sense, and as a topographic surname.


Delgado

Delgado (a city in the San Salvador department, El Salvador)


Grande

[ˈɡɾãn̪.d̪e]


Johnson

[ˈɟ͡ʝõn.sõn]

[ˈɟ͡ʝõn.sõn]

Unadapted borrowing from English Johnson.


Moreno

From moreno, a nickname in Spanish and Portuguese meaning "dark".


Natividad

natividad (“birthday”), shortened from María (de la) Natividad, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary, often given to someone born on her birthday.


Ponce

First attested in 1646. The city is named after Spanish administrator Juan Ponce de León y Loayza.

A city and municipality of Puerto Rico, United States.


Viola

Occupational surname for a viola player, from Late Latin vitula, or for a dyer or seller of violet fabric.


protista

Borrowed from New Latin Protista, from Ancient Greek πρώτιστος (prṓtistos), corresponding to proto- + -ista.


tonga

Borrowed from Tongan Tonga, from Samoan toga (“southern”).


aymara

es-adj

aymara m or f (masculine and feminine plural aymaras)


quechua

es-noun

quechua m or f by sense (plural quechuas)

Quechua (member of one of several South American ethnic groups)


tamil

es-adj

tamil m or f (masculine and feminine plural tamiles)

Tamil; of or pertaining to the Tamil people of India and Sri Lanka, their culture, or language


tamil

a Tamil person, belonging to the Tamil people


chickasaw

es-noun

chickasaw m or f by sense (plural chickasaw)


wolof

Wolof (a Niger-Congo language spoken in Senegal and the Gambia)


guaraní

es-adj

guaraní m or f (masculine and feminine plural guaranís or guaraníes)

guaranís (feminine masculine plural)
guaraníes (feminine masculine plural)

Borrowed from Guaraní guarani (“war, warrior, fight”).


guaraní

es-noun

guaraní m or f by sense (plural guaranís or guaraníes)


guaraní

guaraní m (plural guaranís or guaraníes)


planeta

From Latin planēta, from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs, “wanderer, planet”), from πλανάω (planáō, “to wander”).


culpable

es-noun

culpable m or f by sense (plural culpables)


feminazi

es-adj

feminazi m or f (masculine and feminine plural feminazis)

Calque of English feminazi: blend of feminista + nazi.


feminazi

es-noun

feminazi m or f by sense (plural feminazis)


trece

Inherited from Old Spanish treze, tredze from Latin trēdecim.

a member of the Council of Thirteen of the Order of Santiago


contra

Inherited from Latin contrā. Old Spanish had cuentra as well, with diphthongization of stressed Latin /ŏ/. As the word was generally atonic, the unstressed variant contra prevailed over time.


monte

(Dominican Republic, Mexico, singular only) underbrush

(Dominican Republic, Mexico, singular only) weeds


detective

detective m or f by sense (plural detectives, feminine detective or detectiva, feminine plural detectives or detectivas)

detectives (plural)
detective (feminine)
detectiva (feminine)
detectives (feminine plural)
detectivas (feminine plural)


xhosa

es-adj

xhosa m or f (masculine and feminine plural xhosas)


xhosa

es-noun

xhosa m or f by sense (plural xhosas or xhosa)


Guillermo

a male given name, equivalent to English William


drag queen

drag queen m or f by sense (plural drag queens)


amante

From Latin amantem, or amar (“to love”) + -ante.

el amante en lo que ama, imperfecciones no halla

lover (a sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair)


Andrade

[ãn̪ˈd̪ɾa.ð̞e]


stripper

stripper m or f by sense (plural strippers or stripper)

stripper (one who removes one’s clothes as entertainment)


cheerleader

cheerleader m or f by sense (plural cheerleaders or cheerleader)

cheerleaders (plural)
cheerleader (plural)

Unadapted borrowing from English cheerleader.


sami

From Northern Sami Sámi, from one of the Sami languages, of uncertain origin/meaning, but possibly related to Proto-Balto-Slavic *źemē (“land”). More at Sápmi and Sami.


sami

es-adj

sami m or f (masculine and feminine plural samis)


alcaide

es-noun

alcaide m or f by sense (plural alcaides)

→ English: alcaide

→ Polish: alkad

Borrowed from Arabic الْقَائِد (al-qāʔid, “leader”).


outsider

es-noun

outsider m or f by sense (plural outsideres)

Unadapted borrowing from English outsider.


carota

¿Por qué vienes con tu carota, quién te hizo enojar?

Why do you look annoyed, who made you angry?

Conté el chiste y la vecina puso su carota

I told the joke and the neighbour showed her annoyed face.

(colloquial) facial expression reflecting rejection, dissatisfaction, anger, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.; face


chófer

es-noun

chófer m or f by sense (plural chóferes)


chofer

chofer m or f by sense (plural choferes)

→ Tagalog: tsuper


pigmeo

Borrowed from Latin pygmaeus, from Ancient Greek Πυγμαῖος (Pugmaîos).


debutante

es-adj

debutante m or f (masculine and feminine plural debutantes)


debutante

es-noun

debutante m or f by sense (plural debutantes)


botones

botones m or f by sense (plural botones)


trava

El 81,12% de las encuestadas refirió haber sufrido situaciones violentas por parte de la policía. Entre los principales abusos policiales sufridos se indican las detenciones ilegales, el hostigamiento verbal en el ámbito público (insultos tales como “travuco”, “travesaño”, “trava”, o bien, el uso de un nombre masculino, entre algunos de los calificativos despectivos más usuales o amenazas, especialmente vinculadas al ejercicio del trabajo sexual).

2008 August, “Salud, VIH-sida y sexualidad trans. Atención de la salud de personas travestis y transexuales. Estudio de seroprevalencia de VIH en personas trans”, in Ministry of Health of Argentina, archived from the original on 2023-12-06:

81.12% of those surveyed mentioned having been subjected to violent encounters with the police. Some of the main police abuses suffered were unlawful detention, verbal abuse in public (insults such as "transvestite," "trap," "tranny," or even the use of a masculine name, among some of the more typical epithets or threats, especially those linked to sex work).

Aunque sea por ese instante el mundo enmudecerá y no habrá insultos de trava, travesaño, trabuco, hombre vestido de mujer, mascarita sidótica, simulacro, colita, parecida, transfor..

2009 December 26, Lohana Berkins, “La Navidad de las travas”, in Página 12, retrieved 2023-12-20:

Even if only for that instant, the world will fall silent and there will be no insults of tranny, transvestite, trap, man dressed as a woman, AIDS hider, pretender, masquerader..

(derogatory, slang, at least in Argentina) a transvestite or trans woman


streamer

streamer m or f by sense (plural streamers)

Unadapted borrowing from English streamer.

ubor

(Internet) streamer (a person who streams on the Internet)


maquis

maquis (Resistance during the Second World War)

maquis (member of the Resistance during the Second World War)


recluta

es-noun

recluta m or f by sense (plural reclutas)


sida

síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida#Spanish

Abbreviation of síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida. (AIDS)


parce

Clipping of parcero, borrowed from Portuguese parceiro.


recordman

recordman m (plural recordmans or recordman)


carioca

es-adj

carioca m or f (masculine and feminine plural cariocas)

of, from or relating to Rio de Janeiro (city in Brazil)

(Chile, Argentina, Uruguay) of Brazil; Brazilian


carioca

es-noun

carioca m or f by sense (plural cariocas)

Carioca (native or inhabitant of Rio de Janeiro (city in Brazil))


bully

bully m or f by sense (plural bullys or bullies or bully)

bullys (plural)
bullies (plural)
bully (plural)


foto

¿Puede sacar una foto por favor?


arras

→ Cebuano: aras

→ Tagalog: aras


Alfonso

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin Alfonsus, Adephonsus, from Gothic *𐌰𐌸𐌰𐌻𐌰𐍆𐌿𐌽𐍃 (*aþalafuns).

inh+

a male given name, equivalent to English Alfonso


maya

Originally from Yucatec Maya mayab (flat).


lao

es-adj

lao m or f (masculine and feminine plural lao or laos)

lao (feminine masculine plural)
laos (feminine masculine plural)


lao

es-noun

lao m or f by sense (plural lao or laos)


Gigantes

Los Gigantes (canonical masculine plural)

(baseball) the San Francisco Giants, a baseball team


compatriota

compatriota m or f by sense (plural compatriotas)


policía

From Latin politīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía).

police, police department, police force, police service


manifestante

manifestante m or f by sense (plural manifestantes)


agente

Borrowed from Latin agentem, present active participle of agō.


oficial

oficial m or f by sense (plural oficiales)

→ Basque: ofizial

→ Cebuano: opisyal

→ Tagalog: opisyal

→ Tausug: upisyal

From Latin officiālis. Cognate with English official.


adolescente

es-adj

adolescente m or f (masculine and feminine plural adolescentes)

adolescentes (feminine masculine plural)


adolescente

es-noun

adolescente m or f by sense (plural adolescentes)


programa

→ Chavacano: programa

Borrowed from Late Latin programma, from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma).


corresponsal

corresponsal m or f by sense (plural corresponsales)

correspondent (a journalist who sends reports from a distant location)


representante

representante m or f by sense (plural representantes)

→ Tagalog: representante


narcotraficante

narcotraficante m or f by sense (plural narcotraficantes)


hipster

hipster m or f by sense (plural hipsters or hipster)

Unadapted borrowing from English hipster.

ubor

Manu Chao es una figura estigmatizada por los hipsters por vulgar.

2014 October 28, Ferran Bono, quoting Víctor Lenore, ““Entre los ‘hipsters’, ‘Clandestino’ de Manu Chao fue despreciado””, in El País, Madrid, →ISSN:

Yo creo que Sua ya es más como una hipster treintañera que no puede dárselas de neorrural: ama los coches, teme a las ovejas, ya le vale a la perra – dice Jimena mientras tira fuerte de la correa.

2021 April 21, Sergio C. Fanjul, “Los ‘punkis’ y la mastina”, in El País:


soldado

es-noun

soldado m or f by sense (plural soldados)

> Chavacano: soldao (inherited)

→ Basque: soldadu

→ Cebuano: sundalo

→ Chamicuro: soltalo

→ Chayuco Mixtec: zandaru

→ Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: soldado

→ English: soldado

→ Ilocano: soldado

→ Maguindanao: sundalu

→ Navajo: siláo

→ San Juan Colorado Mixtec: jandaru

→ Tataltepec Chatino: stadu, staru

→ Tagalog: sundalo

→ Tausug: sundalu

A derivative of sueldo (“military salary”) + -ado; compare Portuguese soldado, Italian soldato, French soldat. A calque or imitation of Italian soldato, from the past participle of soldare, from soldo (“money, military pay”).


defensa

Borrowed from Late Latin dēfēnsa (“bounded, defended”), from Latin dēfēnsus. Doublet of dehesa, which was inherited. Cognate with English defense.


periodista

es-noun

periodista m or f by sense (plural periodistas)


cutí

Borrowed from French coutil (“drill, canvas, denim”).


analista

es-noun

analista m or f by sense (plural analistas)


pipa

→ Basque: pipa

From Vulgar Latin *pipa, from Latin pipō (“to pip”).


turista

turista m or f by sense (plural turistas)

→ English: turista


atacante

es-adj

atacante m or f (masculine and feminine plural atacantes)


atacante

es-noun

atacante m or f by sense (plural atacantes)


integrante

es-adj

integrante m or f (masculine and feminine plural integrantes)

[ĩn̪.t̪eˈɣ̞ɾãn̪.t̪e]

parte integrante


pacifista

pacifista m or f (masculine and feminine plural pacifistas)


pacifista

es-noun

pacifista m or f by sense (plural pacifistas)


bolchevique

bolchevique m or f by sense (plural bolcheviques)

Borrowed from French bolchevique, from Russian большеви́к (bolʹševík).


comandante

comandante m or f by sense (plural comandantes, feminine comandante or comandanta, feminine plural comandantes or comandantas)

comandantes (plural)
comandante (feminine)
comandanta (feminine)
comandantes (feminine plural)
comandantas (feminine plural)


socialista

es-adj

socialista m or f (masculine and feminine plural socialistas)

(politics, Spain) Pertaining to PSOE (Partido Socialista Obrero Español), a Spanish political party


socialista

es-noun

socialista m or f by sense (plural socialistas)

(politics, Spain) a member or supporter of PSOE (Partido Socialista Obrero Español), a Spanish political party


insurgente

insurgente m or f by sense (plural insurgentes)


visitante

es-adj

visitante m or f (masculine and feminine plural visitantes)


visitante

es-noun

visitante m or f by sense (plural visitantes)

visitor (someone who visits someone or somewhere)


mediodía

From medio (“half”) + día (“day”). Compare Occitan mieidia, French midi, Portuguese meio-dia, Catalan migdia, Italian mezzodì, Romanian miazăzi.

pleno mediodía

hacer mediodía


cabeza

→? English: beezer

Inherited from Old Spanish cabeça, from Vulgar Latin capitia, from the neuter plural (reanalyzed as a feminine singular) of Latin capitium, diminutive of caput.


sunita

es-adj

sunita m or f (masculine and feminine plural sunitas)


oficinista

es-noun

oficinista m or f by sense (plural oficinistas)


nupcias

se casó en primeras nupcias

Enviudó Mendaro el 59 y se embarcó para el Perú, donde contrajo segundas nupcias.

1906, Benito Pérez Galdós, La vuelta al mundo en la Numancia:

In '59 Mendaro became a widower and set sail for Peru, where he got married for the second time.


futbolista

futbolista m or f by sense (plural futbolistas)

(soccer) footballer (British); football player (Britain), soccer player (US, Canada, Australia)


militar

es-adj

militar m or f (masculine and feminine plural militares)

Borrowed from Latin mīlitāris, from mīles (“soldier”).


militar

es-noun

militar m or f by sense (plural militares)


cómplice

cómplice m or f by sense (plural cómplices)


afueras

Vivo en las afueras de la ciudad – es muy limpio y tranquilo.
I live in the outskirts of the city – it's very clean and peaceful.

Vivía en las afueras de Girona, en una casa en ruinas que me habían dejado mi hermana y mi cuñado tras marcharse a México y acababa de perder un trabajo de vigilante nocturno en un cámping de Barcelona, el cual había acentuado mi disposición a no dormir durante las noches.

1997, Roberto Bolaño, “Sensini”, in Llamadas telefónicas [Last Evenings on Earth]:


testigo

testigo m or f by sense (plural testigos)

Varios testigos y un compañero del vendedor aseguran que la muerte se produjo tras una persecución de los agentes, que iban en motocicleta.

2018 March 16, Miguel Ángel Medina, “Seis detenidos en las protestas en Lavapiés por la muerte de un mantero”, in El País:

Several witnesses and a colleague of the vendor claim that his death occurred after a chase by the officers, who were on a motorcycle.

(law) witness (one who is called upon to witness an event or action)


sistema

Borrowed from Latin systēma, from Ancient Greek σύστημα (sústēma, “organized whole, body”), from σύν (sún, “with, together”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).

der

scheme (a systematic plan of future action; also, a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole)


Rodríguez

[roˈð̞ɾi.ɣ̞eθ]


barba

Inherited from Latin barba, from earlier *farba, from Proto-Italic *farβā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂ (“beard”).


leitmotif

es-noun

leitmotif m (plural leitmotifs or (less common) leitmotif)

leitmotifs (plural)
leitmotif (plural uncommon)


leitmotiv

leitmotiv m (plural leitmotivs or leitmotiv)

(music) leitmotif (a recurring melodic theme in an opera)

(by extension) leitmotif (recurring theme)


seo

Borrowed from Catalan seu, from Latin sedes.


Vega

From vega (“meadow”), from Basque *bai-ko (“river plain, water meadow”). Related to Las Vegas (but these without surname sense).


goy

Borrowed from Yiddish גוי (goy, “gentile”), from Hebrew גּוֹי (goi, “nation”).


cuate

es-noun

cuate m or f by sense (plural cuates, feminine cuate or cuata, feminine plural cuates or cuatas)

cuates (plural)
cuate (feminine)
cuata (feminine)
cuates (feminine plural)
cuatas (feminine plural)

→ Mecayapan Nahuatl: cua̱tej

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl cōātl. Compare with Spanish acuache.


retailer

retailer m (plural retailers or retailer)


-oma

-oma m (noun-forming suffix, plural -omas)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma).

(pathology) -oma (forms the names of tumours or masses)


teratoma

From Scientific Latin teratoma, from Ancient Greek τέρατος (tératos, “monster”) and + -oma.


Batista

→ English: Batista

From batista. See bautista and baptista.


buscavidas

es-noun

buscavidas m or f by sense (plural buscavidas)

Verb-object compound, composed of busca (“to look for”) + vidas (“livings”).

es-verb-obj

hustler, go-getter (one who is good at finding easy employment, and who can easily exploit any ability he has to succeed in life and earn money)


siete pecados capitales

es-noun

siete pecados capitales m pl (plural only)

Meronyms: avaricia, envidia, gula, pereza, ira, lujuria, soberbia


horeca

Blend of hotel + restaurante + cafetería.


igual

Inherited from Old Spanish igual~egual (both common in the 13th century), from Latin aequālis.

Se te olvidó poner un igual en la última línea.

You forgot to add an equals sign on the last line.


trolley

Unadapted borrowing from English trolley.

ubor

(anglicism) Alternative spelling of trole


menor

Aquí no hay menores; todos somos adultos.

There are no minors here; we're all adults.


nightclub

es-noun

nightclub m (plural nightclubs or nightclubes)

nightclubs (plural)
nightclubes (plural)

Unadapted borrowing from English nightclub.


cuma

(slang, Chile) rascal, common, vulgar person


chuj

es-adj

chuj m or f (masculine and feminine plural chujes)


viajante

viajante m or f (masculine and feminine plural viajantes)

that travels, who travels, travelling (person)


viajante

es-noun

viajante m or f by sense (plural viajantes)


cha

Borrowed from Portuguese chá, from Macanese Cantonese 茶 (caa⁴). Compare Tagalog tsa, Cebuano tsa. Doublet of té.


ambages

Pero en esta ocasión, todos los actores reconocen que el Gobierno de Johnson comienza a mostrar sin ambages sus verdaderas cartas, y que ya no disimula su objetivo final de abandonar con las menores ataduras posibles su relación con la UE.

2020 September 6, “Johnson prepara a los británicos para un Brexit duro a finales de año”, in El País:

But on this occasion, all the actors recognize that the Johnson government is beginning to [unambiguously] show its true colors, and that it no longer hides its final objective of ending its relationship with the EU with as few ties as possible.

circumlocution, ambages (indirect or roundabout ways of talking)


influencer

influencer m or f by sense (plural influencers)

Unadapted borrowing from English influencer.

ubor

La ropa y calzado de equitación –que ha sido una inspiración constante en las colecciones de las grandes firmas de moda– se ha dejado notar también esta temporada en las propuestas que han hecho distintas influencers en sus redes sociales.

2021 January 26, María Sánchez Sánchez, “¿Buscas unas botas de agua baratas y estilosas? Este es el modelo que llevan las ‘influencers’”, in El País, Madrid, →ISSN:


opa

(derogatory, colloquial, Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay) a fool, a stupid person


Soto

→ Cebuano: Sotto

→ Kapampangan: Sotto

→ Tagalog: Sotto


-ista

es-noun

-ista m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -istas)

Borrowed from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs).

periódico (“newspaper”) + -ista → periodista (“journalist”)

indicates one who practices a profession of the noun stem


conserje

conserje m or f by sense (plural conserjes)


cura

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin cūra (“monastic office holder, obedientiary”) from Latin cūra (“warden, administrator”) (originally "care, concern, public administration"; see above).

bor+

Coordinate term: vicario

nunca digas de este agua no beberé, ni este cura no es mi padre


margay

desctree

→ English: margay
→ Korean: 마게이 (magei)
→ Japanese: マーゲイ (māgei)

→? French: margay

Borrowed from or related to Portuguese maracajá, ultimately from Old Tupi marakaîá. Doublet of maracayá.


Andes

Borrowed from Quechua anti (“east”). More at Andes.


caza

(uncountable) game (wild animals hunted for food; meat of these animals)


celeste

es-noun

celeste m or f by sense (plural celestes)

(soccer) a fan, player, or other person associated with Celta de Vigo, a football team from the Spanish town of Vigo


runa

(colloquial, in Quechua communities) man


croupier

croupier m (plural croupieres or croupiers)


courier

courier m or f by sense (plural couriers)


mano auxiliar

mano auxiliar f (plural manos auxiliares)


bambara

bambara m or f by sense (plural bambaras)


Anderson

Unadapted borrowing from English Anderson.


teleprompter

es-noun

teleprompter m (plural teleprompters or teleprompter)

teleprompters (plural)
teleprompter (plural)


titular

es-adj

titular m or f (masculine and feminine plural titulares)

From título + -ar, or borrowed from Late Latin titulāris.


titular

es-noun

titular m or f by sense (plural titulares)

Tejada se lució ante su exequipo, al pegar de 3-2, mientras salía de titular en el campo corto y alineaba octavo en el orden ofensivo.

2016 March, “Dio palo a los Mets - El Siglo”, in El Siglo, archived from the original on 2016-04-04:

(sports) starter (a player who plays from the start a game)


vigilante

dulce de membrillo
dulce de membrillo#Spanish

(Argentina) a dessert from Argentina combining a sweet ingredient (often quince cheese, dulce de membrillo) and cheese


velocista

velocista m or f by sense (plural velocistas)


sprinter

sprinter m or f by sense (plural sprinters)


hincha

Los hinchas hacen dos kilómetros de cola para despedirse del astro del fútbol argentino

2020 November 26, Enric González, “Decenas de miles de personas despiden a Maradona en la Casa Rosada”, in El País, retrieved 2020-11-26:

(Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay) fan (person who likes and supports a sports team or an athlete very much)


zorrastrón

zorrastrón m or f by sense (plural zorrastrones)


indígena

indígena m or f by sense (plural indígenas)


idioma

Borrowed from Late Latin idioma, from Ancient Greek ἰδίωμα (idíōma, “peculiarity; idiom”).

der

el idioma español


organista

es-noun

organista m or f by sense (plural organistas)


vanguardista

es-adj

vanguardista m or f (masculine and feminine plural vanguardistas)

vanguardistas (feminine masculine plural)


sim

(video games) Sim (a character in the video game The Sims)


vitro

Lo ideal es hacer el arroz en una cazuela de barro, pero también se puede hacer en una paella u otro tipo de cazuela que se pueda meter al horno y que sirva para el tipo de cocina que tengamos (vitro, gas o inducción…, ¡como si la tienes de leña!)

2022 February 15, Juan Montagu, “Arroz al horno, más típico en Valencia que la paella”, in Alimente - El Confidencial:

Creo que en el futuro las vitro normales desaparecerán y el gas se pondrá poquísimo

2010 October 20, Mikel López Iturriaga, “¿INDUCCIÓN, VITROCERÁMICA O GAS?”, in El Comidista - El País:

Una de las ventajas de la cocina de inducción con respecto a la vitro, es su mayor rapidez para calentar y, según informa 'Bankinter', su consumo supone un 20% menos de electricidad.

2021 October 17, “Cocina de gas, vitro o inducción: con cuál de ellas sale más caro cocinar y en qué se diferencian”, in As:

vitroceramic cooktop
vitroceramic cooktop

vitroceramic stovetop
vitroceramic stovetop

(colloquial) Clipping of vitrocerámica, ceramic stove, ceramic cooker, (US, CA) ceramic cooktop, (US, CA) ceramic stovetop, (UK, AU, NZ) ceramic hob; (UK, AU, NZ) smooth top stove; vitroceramic stove, vitroceramic cooker, (US, CA) vitroceramic cooktop, (US, CA) vitroceramic stovetop, (UK, AU, NZ) vitroceramic hob


beluga

Delphinapterus leucas
Delphinapterus leucas#Translingual

beluga (cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas)


apagafuegos

es-noun

apagafuegos m or f by sense (plural apagafuegos)

Verb-object compound, composed of apaga (“to extinguish”) + fuegos (“fires”).


retriever

es-noun

retriever m (plural retrievers or retriever)


marca

Inherited from Late Latin marca, of Germanic origin, related to Old High German marka and Old Norse mark.


barman

barman m or f by sense (plural barman or bármanes)


mae

(Costa Rica, colloquial, used in the vocative) dude, you


torpe

Inherited from Latin turpis (“ugly; dishonest”) (whence English turpitude). Compare archaic English turpid. Not related to English torpid.


indie

indie (person who follows the indie style)


linguini

Borrowed from Italian linguine (literally “little tongues”), from lingua (“tongue”), cognate to Spanish lengua.

bor+

linguine (ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle)


terrier

Borrowed from English terrier, from French (chien) terrier.


lempira

From the name of the Indian chief Lempira.


teaser

teaser (a short film or quote meant to draw an audience to a film or show)


Pablo

Inherited from Old Spanish Pablo, from Latin Paulus. The change from Latin /aw/ to /aβ/ may suggest that the name passed through Byzantine Greek (unsurprising for a biblical name), or it could simply be the converse of the native change from /aβ/ to /aw/ found in cases like froga < */ˈfraβɡa/ < fabrica.

Y después de algunos días, Pablo dijo á Barnabé: Volvamos á visitar á los hermanos por todas las ciudades en las cuales hemos anunciado la palabra del Señor, cómo están.

1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), rev., Los Hechos 15:36

a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Paul


Pablo

→ Tagalog: Pablo

a surname transferred from the given name


okupa

→ Portuguese: okupa

Shortening of ocupante, intentionally misspelled with a K, letter that reflects a willingness to transgress orthographic rules.

“No puede ser que las víctimas sean los okupas y los culpables los propietarios. Los okupas campan a sus anchas. ¿Pero a dónde hemos llegado en esta tierra, que no podemos salir de fin de semana, de supermercado, al cine o a dar paseo sin miedo a que vengan a tu casa?”.

2020 July 10, “El PP acusa al PSOE de querer “cargarse la Monarquía y dar la independencia a Cataluña y Euskadi””, in El País:

“It cannot be that the victims are the squatters and the owners are to blame. The squatters roam freely. But where have we come to in this country that we cannot go out for the weekend, to the supermarket, to the movies or for a walk without fearing that they will come to your house?


schnauzer

es-noun

schnauzer m or f by sense (plural schnauzers or schnauzer)


rasta

es-adj

rasta m or f (masculine and feminine plural rastas)

Borrowed from English; shortened from Rastafarian.


rasta

dreadlocks (a hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow into long matted strings)


paulista

es-noun

paulista m or f by sense (plural paulistas)

native or inhabitant of São Paulo, Brazil


fluminense

es-adj

fluminense m or f (masculine and feminine plural fluminenses)

of, from or relating to Rio de Janeiro (state of Brazil)


fluminense

es-noun

fluminense m or f by sense (plural fluminenses)

native or inhabitant of Rio de Janeiro (state of Brazil)


cobaya

Likely from Old Tupi çabuia, sabuia with loss of the initial cedilla. Compare Portuguese cobaia.

(cooking) guinea pig meat, eaten in many parts of Latin America


nao

→ English: nao

Borrowed from Catalan nau, from Latin navem. Doublet of nave.


semita

es-adj

semita m or f (masculine and feminine plural semitas)


menda

—Pero qué pasa, menda, si sólo es un porrito, tronco —protesta Manolo.

1994, José Ángel Mañas, chapter VII, in Historias del Kronen, Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, →ISBN, page 109:


aita

Intentó abrir la puerta y no pudo. Aitá, dijo.

2006, Fernando Aramburu, Los peces de la amargura:

She tried to open the door and couldn't. Dad, she said.


fiera

Con tu mirada de fiera ofendida / Con tu vendaja donde herida no hay / Con tus gemidos de madre sufrida

1997, “La celestina”, in La Llorona, performed by Lhasa de Sela:

(colloquial) firecracker, spitfire, dragon (a feisty and aggressive woman with a lot of energy)


fiera

un fiera de las manualidades

(colloquial) beast, demon (someone who is really strong or excels at something, especially something athletically but can also be extended figuratively as well)


cava

Inherited from Late Latin cava, substantivized from Latin cava, the feminine of the adjective cavus.

cave or cellar where certain kinds of wines are processed

in a palace, a dependency where the water and wine drunk by royalty is looked after


volante

es-noun

volante m or f by sense (plural volantes)


ambulante

es-adj

ambulante m or f (masculine and feminine plural ambulantes)

Borrowed from Latin ambulantem. Cognate with English ambulant.

un circo ambulante

un vendedor ambulante


ambulante

es-noun

ambulante m or f by sense (plural ambulantes)


cualquiera

From cual (“which”) + quiera (“it may want”).


punto y coma

punto y coma m (plural punto y coma or puntos y comas)

punto y coma (plural)
puntos y comas (plural)


hijodalgo

hijodalgo m (plural hijosdalgo or hijosdalgos, feminine hijadalgo, feminine plural hijasdalgo)

hijosdalgo (plural)
hijosdalgos (plural)
hijadalgo (feminine)
hijasdalgo (feminine plural)


pianista

pianista m or f by sense (plural pianistas)


Peralta

From place names in Spain, inherited from Latin petra alta (literally “high rock”).


intendente

es-noun

intendente m or f by sense (plural intendentes, feminine intendente or intendenta, feminine plural intendentes or intendentas)

intendentes (plural)
intendente (feminine)
intendenta (feminine)
intendentes (feminine plural)
intendentas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from the French intendant, introduced by the common Bourbon dynasty for various functions.

(historical) intendant (a high-ranking local administrator in the Spanish Empire)

(Ecuador, Mexico, law enforcement) inspector


naranja

es-adj

naranja m or f (masculine and feminine plural naranja or naranjas)

naranja (feminine masculine plural)
naranjas (feminine masculine plural)

Borrowed from Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), from Persian نارنگ (nârang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”). Compare Portuguese laranja and Catalan taronja.

der

(politics, Spain) Pertaining to Ciudadanos, a Spanish political party


naranja

es-noun

naranja m or f by sense (plural naranjas)

→ Alcozauca Mixtec: láxa

→ Guaraní: narã

→ Italian: narancia

→ Hungarian: narancs

desctree

⇒ Italian: arancia
→ Old Occitan: auranja
Occitan: irange
→ Old French: orenge, orange
Middle French: orange, orenge
French: orange (see there for further descendants)
→ Middle English: orenge, arange, araunge, orange, orynge
English: orange
→ Esperanto: oranĝo
→ Japanese: オレンジ (orenji)
→ Kashubian: orendż (Canada, United States)
→ Korean: 오렌지 (orenji)
→ Makah: ʔo·linčas
→ Malay: oren
→ Marshallese: oran
Scots: orange, oranger
Norman: orange

→ Southeastern Tepehuan: naraankas

→ Tagalog: narangha

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: alöxöx

desc

→ Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl: naranja

(politics, Spain) a member or supporter of Ciudadanos, a Spanish political party


superstar

es-noun

superstar m or f by sense (plural superstars)

Unadapted borrowing from English superstar.

ubor

No soy una superstar aunque haya fotos en revistas y fans

2007, El sueño de Morfeo, Mi columna de opinión:

I'm not a superstar even if there are photos in magazines and fans


mam

es-adj

mam m or f (masculine and feminine plural mames)

(relational) Mam (of or relating to the Mam people)


mam

es-noun

mam m or f by sense (plural mam or mames)


deísta

es-adj

deísta m or f (masculine and feminine plural deístas)


pandeísta

es-noun

pandeísta m or f by sense (plural pandeístas)


panteísta

es-adj

panteísta m or f (masculine and feminine plural panteístas)

Borrowed from French panthéiste or from pan- + teísta (“theist”).


salvaje

es-noun

salvaje m or f by sense (plural salvajes)

→ English: salvage

→ Tagalog: salbahe

First attested 1335; borrowed from Old Catalan and Occitan or Old Occitan salvatge, sauvatge, from Vulgar Latin salvāticus, alteration of Latin silvāticus (“wild”, literally “of the woods”), from silva (“forest, grove”). Doublet of selvático.


medias

pantyhose (stockings connected at the top and pulled up to the waist)


inmortal

es-adj

inmortal m or f (masculine and feminine plural inmortales)

From Latin immortālis. By surface analysis, in- + mortal.


inmortal

es-noun

inmortal m or f by sense (plural inmortales)


ponzu

From Japanese ポン酢 (ponzu). Doublet of cinco and ponche.


tira

(Chile, Argentina, Mexico, colloquial) cop


atlante

Borrowed from Latin Atlas (via the accusative Atlantem), from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas)).

(architecture) atlas (figure of a man used as a column)


atlante

es-adj

atlante m or f (masculine and feminine plural atlantes)

Atlantean (of, from or relating to Atlantis (legendary sunken island))


atlante

es-noun

atlante m or f by sense (plural atlantes)

Atlantean (native or inhabitant of Atlantis (legendary sunken island))


gilipollas

gilipollas m or f by sense (plural gilipollas)

From gilí (“stupid”) + polla (“pullet; cock”).

af

Sentado en su amplio sillón de piel, me felicitó por la jugada que le había hecho a aquella gilipollas cuyo nombre había olvidado y luego me preguntó si había reflexionado sobre nuestra charla de la última vez.

2011, Romain Monnery, Libre, solo y sin pasta, GRIJALBO, →ISBN:

(Spain, vulgar, derogatory) dickhead, dumbass, wanker


marica

From María + -ica, María being a common feminine given name.
Unrelated to the similar Ancient Greek μαρικᾶς (marikâs, “passive male sexual partner, debauchee”).


pinche

es-adj

pinche m or f (masculine and feminine plural pinches)

Deverbal from pinchar. The semantic evolution is unclear.

Y luego, cuando estos hijos que tanto querías vienen a este pinche mundo, te comienzas a quejar de cómo son, los tratas mal, los adiestras como animales de circo[…]

2017, Prem Dayal, Autobiografía de un pinche güey:

And then, when those children that you wanted so much come to this fucking world, you start complaining about how they are, you treat them wrong, you train them like circus animals […]

(Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua, also by a minority in El Salvador) stingy, cheap


pinche

(Chile, Puerto Rico) hairpin (fastener for the hair)


boricua

boricua m or f (masculine and feminine plural boricuas)


boricua

es-noun

boricua m or f by sense (plural boricuas)

→ English: boricua


sombra

Possibly from the verb sombrar (from Vulgar Latin *subumbrāre), or more likely from Latin umbra (“shade, shadow”), possibly altered by influence from sol (“sun”) (cf. Old Spanish solombra (literally “sunshade”)) or the Latin prefix sub-. An alternative explanation for this form is a Latin construction sub illa umbra (“under that shade”).
The coffee was named by don José Prado Crespo, see: solo-corto.

inh

(Andalusia, Málaga) A type of coffee made out of roughly 80% milk and 20% coffee


sombra

es-adj

sombra m or f (masculine and feminine plural sombras)

quien a buen árbol se arrima, buena sombra le cobija


rebelde

rebelde m or f (masculine and feminine plural rebeldes)

Borrowed from Latin rebellis, with the -ld- arising from the effort of pronouncing a double Latin -ll- at the time (cf. celda).

Si se divide longitudinalmente un haba en dos mitades, cada una de las cuales, previamente humedecida con saliva, se aplica a las sienes, no tardará en desaparecer el dolor de cabeza, por rebelde que sea.

1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 305:


rebelde

es-noun

rebelde m or f by sense (plural rebeldes)


gendarme

gendarme m or f by sense (plural gendarmes)


chanta

Derived from Ligurian ciantapufi (“someone who never pays back debts, a bullshitter”)


chanta

es-adj

chanta m or f (masculine and feminine plural chantas)

(colloquial, El Salvador) missing at least one tooth


trompa

Borrowed from a Germanic language, from Frankish *trumpa or Old High German trumpa, trumba, of imitative origin, similar to English drum.

onomatopoeic

imitative

snout (long, projecting nose, mouth and jaw of a beast)

trompa de Falopio

(anatomy) tube (especially the Fallopian tube)

Ayer me pillé una trompa de no te menees.


lila

Borrowed from French lilac, from Arabic لِيلَك (līlak), from Persian نیلک (nilak), from نیل (nil, “dark blue”), ultimately from Sanskrit नील (nīla, “dark colored”).


cubata

(Spain, by extension) long drink, tall drink (drink resulting from mixing an alcoholic beverage with a soft drink)

boat-spine acacia (Vachellia campeachiana)


Albuquerque

Albuquerque (a city in New Mexico, United States)


singularia tantum

es-noun

singularia tantum m (plural singularia tantum)


guía

Probably deverbal from guiar. Cf. also French guide (Old French guie), Italian guida.


guía

→ Tagalog: giya


israelita

es-adj

israelita m or f (masculine and feminine plural israelitas)

From Latin Isrāēlīta, from Ancient Greek Ἰσρᾱηλῑ́της (Isrāēlī́tēs).


israelita

es-noun

israelita m or f by sense (plural israelitas)


facha

(derogatory, by extension) right-wing person


partidista

es-adj

partidista m or f (masculine and feminine plural partidistas)


partidista

es-noun

partidista m or f by sense (plural partidistas)


Calderón

From Vulgar Latin *caldāria (“cooking pot”) + -ón; see English cauldron.


gorila

Borrowed from New Latin gorilla, from Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai).

(Argentina, politics, derogatory) one who opposes Peronism


pensionista

pensionista m or f by sense (plural pensionistas)


Albano

a male given name, equivalent to English Alban


poema

Borrowed from Latin poēma, from Ancient Greek ποίημα (poíēma).


malgache

es-adj

malgache m or f (masculine and feminine plural malgaches)


malgache

es-noun

malgache m or f by sense (plural malgaches)


teísta

From Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god”) + -ista.


ateísta

es-noun

ateísta m or f by sense (plural ateístas)


lema

Borrowed from Latin lemma, from Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma).


cometa

→ Cebuano: kometa

Borrowed from Latin comēta, from Ancient Greek κομήτης (komḗtēs, “longhaired”), referring to the tail of a comet, from κόμη (kómē, “hair”).


portuense

es-noun

portuense m or f by sense (plural portuenses)

El Puerto de Santa María
w:El Puerto de Santa María

native or inhabitant of El Puerto de Santa María (municipality in Andalusia, Spain)


Big Mac

Big Mac m or f by sense (plural Big Macs)


auxiliar

es-adj

auxiliar m or f (masculine and feminine plural auxiliares)

Borrowed from Latin auxiliāris. Cognate with English auxiliary.


auxiliar

es-noun

auxiliar m or f by sense (plural auxiliares)

assistant, attendant, steward, stewardess, aide


tenista

tenista m or f by sense (plural tenistas)


monarca

monarca m or f by sense (plural monarcas)

Borrowed from Late Latin monarcha, from Ancient Greek μονάρχης (monárkhēs), variant of μόναρχος (mónarkhos, “sole ruler”).


agote

From the Basque kakote "small hook," a diminutive of kako "hook"


bata

Borrowed from Tagalog bata (or from the same word in other Philippine languages, such as Cebuano bata, Hiligaynon bata, etc).


conserva

Los conservas en las ultimas elecciones del mes pasado se presentaron con una plataforma basado en "keep the pound".

2001 July 8, Jorge in Cambridge, “El Rechifle”, in (Usenet):

The conservatives in the last elections last month showed up with a "keep the pound"-based platform.


doble

From Latin duplus or duplex; if from the former, it is uncertain whether it was inherited or not, and may have been taken from a Catalan or Provençal intermediate, as the final '-e' rather than '-o' is unexpected. If from the latter, it is possible that it came from a Vulgar Latin *duplem as a variant accusative to Latin duplex (rather than the normal duplicem), formed analogically. Alternatively, it may derive from duple, the vocative of duplus, though this is less likely. The word may have also simply undergone a change of suffix internally within Spanish; an old form doblo was attested, but only in a legal sense. Compare Galician dobre, Portuguese dobro. Cf. also duplo and dúplex, which were later borrowed from Latin and may be doublets.


morsa

(Argentina, Uruguay) (US) vise, (UK) vice (an instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing)


Bermudas

Bermuda (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the North Atlantic Ocean)


falte

Los comerciantes lo [este talismán] colocan bajo el umbral o sobre el dintel de la puenta de su tienda; los faltes (buhoneros), pacotilleros zurupetos y demás mercachifles y corredores ambulantes y trashumantes, lo llevan en el bolsillo.

1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 281:


escolta

Borrowed from Italian scorta (“accompaniment”).


escriba

Borrowed from Latin scriba. Doublet of escribano.


grapo

From the group's acronym GRAPO (Grupos de Resistencia Antifascista Primero de Octubre).

a member of GRAPO, a Spanish clandestine violent militant Maoist group aiming for the formation of a Spanish Marxist-Leninist Republican state, based on the model of Maoist China


guarda

Deverbal from guardar, from Proto-Germanic *wardāną (“to guard”), from *warduz (“guard”), *wardaz, or directly from the latter. Compare Italian guardia, French garde.

(Argentina) conductor (on public transportation)


anagrama

Borrowed from Late Latin anagramma, from Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “up, back”) + γράμμα (grámma, “letter”).


genoma

genome (complete genetic information of an organism)


geneticista

es-noun

geneticista m or f by sense (plural geneticistas)


calavera

death's-head hawkmoth
death's-head hawkmoth


calavera

(also relational) libertine, playboy, party animal


pasma

(slang, colloquial, Spain) cop, pig (police officer)


piloto

piloto m or f by sense (plural pilotos, feminine piloto or pilota, feminine plural pilotos or pilotas)

pilotos (plural)
piloto (feminine)
pilota (feminine)
pilotos (feminine plural)
pilotas (feminine plural)

→ Tagalog: piloto


dentista

dentista m or f by sense (plural dentistas)

→ Cebuano: dentista

→ Tagalog: dentista


mimo

From Latin mīmus, from Ancient Greek μῖμος (mîmos).

mime, mime artist (an actor or actress who practices mime)


regente

regente m or f by sense (plural regentes)

regent (one who rules in place of the monarch)


rema

(linguistics) rheme (part of a sentence that provides new information)


taja

(historical, obsolete) talla (former feudal or royal tribute)


transa

Los “transas” que vendían en la calle y constituían la base de esta estructura piramidal no eran plenamente conscientes –y la evidencia lo muestra– de estos arreglos.

2021 June 30, Katherine Sobering, Javier Auyero, “Entre narcos y policías”, in Anfibia, retrieved 2023-12-20:


Navarra

Believed to be of Basque origin, possibly from nabar (“brownish, multicolored”), or from naba (“valley”) + herri (“land, people”). More at Navarre.

the letter N in the Spanish spelling alphabet


álbum

Borrowed from Latin album. Doublet of albo and obo.

album (a phonograph record composed of several tracks)


suicida

es-adj

suicida m or f (masculine and feminine plural suicidas)


suicida

es-noun

suicida m or f by sense (plural suicidas)


terrorista

es-adj

terrorista m or f (masculine and feminine plural terroristas)


psiquiatra

es-noun

psiquiatra m or f by sense (plural psiquiatras)


gurú

Con su cargo en YCombinator, Altman se convirtió también en un gurú de startups.

2023 May 26, Jordi Pérez Colomé, “Quién es Sam Altman: millonario creador de ChatGPT, gurú de ‘startups’ y profeta apocalíptico”, in El País:


motorista

motorista m or f by sense (plural motoristas)


crisma

crisma m or f same meaning (plural crismas)

crisma m or f same meaning (canonical)
crismas (plural)

Borrowed from Late Latin chrisma, from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα (khrîsma, “anointing”), from χρίω (khríō, “to anoint”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrēy- (“to smear”).

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1998, Dennis C. Smolarski, Los Sacramentos. Principios y práctica litúrgica, tr. by Ignacio Marqués of Sacred Mysteries. Sacramental Principles and Liturgical Practice, Centre de Pastoral Litúrgica (publ.,1st ed.), page 80.
Todo esto se hacía para impedir que manos no consagradas tocaran el crisma sagrado. Esta reverencia exagerada hacia el crisma raya con la superstición y es anacrónica, cuando es ya práctica común entre la gente el recibir la comunión en la mano.

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

Al grandullón le encantaba la acción. No podía esperar para meterse en algún lío y repartir mamporros o romper crismas, como él mismo solía decir.

2013, Pedro Urvi, Conflicto: El enigma de los Ilenios II, self-published, →ISBN:


Zelda

Alternative form of zelda (link, hyperlink, URL)


ecologista

es-adj

ecologista m or f (masculine and feminine plural ecologistas)


ecologista

es-noun

ecologista m or f by sense (plural ecologistas)

environmental activist
environmental activist


paradigma

Borrowed from Late Latin paradīgma, from Ancient Greek παράδειγμα (parádeigma).


violeta

es-adj

violeta m or f (masculine and feminine plural violetas)


violeta

→ Hiligaynon: bioleta


Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher


brigadier

es-noun

brigadier m (plural brigadieres or brigadiers)

brigadieres (plural)
brigadiers (plural)


guardia

→ Quechua: wardiya

→ Tagalog: guwardiya

Guardia Valona

Walloon guards; Belgian & Spanish history

(martial arts) guard (ground grappling position)


retinoblastoma

retinoblastoma m (plural retinoblastomas)


cromosoma

Borrowed from German Chromosom, coined by H.W.G. Waldeyer in 1888; equivalent to cromo- + soma.


cronista

cronista m or f by sense (plural cronistas)


esquí

→ Basque: eski

→ Tagalog: eski

Borrowed from French ski, from Norwegian ski.


chele

(El Salvador, colloquial) a fair-skinned person; a white person

(Honduras, Nicaragua, colloquial) a blond-haired person


chele

es-adj

chele m or f (masculine and feminine plural cheles)

(Honduras, Nicaragua, colloquial) blond-haired


guiri

Borrowed from Basque giristino, the Basque adaptation of the Spanish cristino, the term for the liberal forces in the Spanish Carlist Wars, after the then Queen Cristina.


guiri

(historical) a supporter of Queen Isabella II of Spain

Las políticas de la vivienda, con carta blanca para la especulación y el gangsterismo inmobiliario, y la invasión guiri, como Daenerys a lomos de Drogon, son armas de destrucción masiva […]

2019 May 16, Àlex Montoya, “'City for Sale': alerta turista en Barcelona”, in El Mundo:

Housing politics, with a carte blanche for speculation, real estate gangsterism and the guiri invasion, like Daenerys riding the back of Drogon, are weapons of mass destruction […]

(Spain, colloquial, ethnic slur) A pale-skinned English or Germanic tourist.

(dated, Spain, colloquial) police agent from la Guardia Civil


imbécil

es-noun

imbécil m or f by sense (plural imbéciles)

From Latin imbēcillus, from in- (“no”) + baculum (“walking stick, staff”), in the sense of “weak, vulnerable”.

(offensive) imbecile, moron, dimwit, nitwit, sucker, dolt, shithead, nincompoop


transexual

es-adj

transexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural transexuales)

transexuales (feminine masculine plural)


transexual

es-noun

transexual m or f by sense (plural transexuales)


izquierdista

es-adj

izquierdista m or f (masculine and feminine plural izquierdistas)

izquierdistas (feminine masculine plural)

left-wing, leftish (of political ideologies: favoring political and social equality)


izquierdista

es-noun

izquierdista m or f by sense (plural izquierdistas)

(person, politics) left-winger, leftist (a person who belongs to the political left; a member of the left wing of a party or group)


atleta

→ Chavacano: atleta

Borrowed from Latin āthlēta, from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs).


danzante

es-adj

danzante m or f (masculine and feminine plural danzantes)

[d̪ãn̟ˈθãn̪.t̪e]


danzante

es-noun

danzante m or f by sense (plural danzantes)

[d̪ãn̟ˈθãn̪.t̪e]

La música electrónica encontró al perfecto icono para marcar la diferencia con respecto a los rituales fosilizados de la cultura rock en la figura anti-espectacular del DJ: un sujeto en ensimismado aislamiento, que iba trenzando sus tapices rítmicos frente a una marea de cuerpos danzantes que también parecían más atentos a su espacio interior que al universo que les rodeaba.

2015 September 18, “Paraíso perdido”, in El País:


persa

es-adj

persa m or f (masculine and feminine plural persas)

Borrowed from Latin Persa, Persēs, from Ancient Greek Πέρσης (Pérsēs), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /Pārsa/).

Persian (of, from, or pertaining to Persia)


persa

Persian (native or inhabitant of Persia)


persa

Su padre es de Teherán, pero no empezó a aprender persa hasta este año.

His/her father is from Tehran, but he/she didn't start to learn Persian until this year.


cosplayer

es-noun

cosplayer m or f by sense (plural cosplayers)

Unadapted borrowing from English cosplayer.


entusiasta

es-noun

entusiasta m or f by sense (plural entusiastas)

Borrowed from Late Latin enthūsiasta, from Ancient Greek ἐνθουσιαστής (enthousiastḗs, “inspired”). See entusiasmo.

der

ἐνθουσιαστής


snowboarder

es-noun

snowboarder m or f by sense (plural snowboarders or snowboarder)

snowboarders (plural)
snowboarder (plural)


skinhead

skinhead m or f by sense (plural skinheads or skinhead)

Unadapted borrowing from English skinhead.

ubor

skinhead (member of a punk subculture characterised by a shaved head)


habas fritas

deep fried or roasted broad beans, popular in Spain


cantante

es-noun

cantante m or f by sense (plural cantantes)

Inherited from Latin cantantem. By surface analysis, cantar (“to sing”) + -ante.


regista

es-noun

regista m or f by sense (plural registas)


paraguariense

paraguariense m or f by sense (plural paraguarienses)

native or inhabitant of Paraguarí, Paraguay


champú

Borrowed from English shampoo, from Hindi चाँपो (cā̃po), imperative form of चाँपना (cā̃pnā).


pelota

Via Old French and Occitan from Latin pila.


artista

artista m or f by sense (plural artistas)


genocida

es-adj

genocida m or f (masculine and feminine plural genocidas)

From Ancient Greek γένος (génos, “race, kind”) + -cida, or geno- + -cida.

suffix

genocidal (causing or relating to a genocide)


genocida

es-noun

genocida m or f by sense (plural genocidas)

genocider, genocidaire (one who commits genocide)


autista

es-adj

autista m or f (masculine and feminine plural autistas)


MENA

En el autobús, una señora le decía a otra que prefería mil veces un centro de metadona que uno de MENAS (me encanta cómo nos hemos aprendido todos la palabreja).

2019 November 10, Elvira Lindo, “Chiringuitos, inmigrantes, MENAS”, in El País:

Dos menas del centro de la Casa de Campo insultaron, agredieron y causaron daños en el coche de una educadora del centro que decidió retirarles la paga semanal al incumplir las normas establecidas.

2021 January 25, Luis F. Durán, “Dos 'menas' insultan, amenazan y rompen el coche de una educadora que les retiró la paga por inhalar disolvente en el centro de Casa de Campo”, in El Mundo:

2021 August 17, Pablo Gómez, “El duro ataque de Vox contra Almeida: “El PP con la izquierda: paguitas a los menas y Madrid Central””, in La Razón:

(Spain) Acronym of menor extranjero no acompañado m., menor extranjera no acompañada f (“unaccompanied foreign minor”)


Picasso

From pica (“pike, lance”) or Italian pica (“magpie”), in which case it was likely originally a nickname for a gossipy or wordy person.


trackpad

es-noun

trackpad m (plural trackpads or trackpad)


mercante

es-adj

mercante m or f (masculine and feminine plural mercantes)


mercante

es-noun

mercante m or f by sense (plural mercantes)


califa

Borrowed from French calife, from Medieval Latin calipha, from Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa, “vicar, successor”). Displaced patrimonial instance halifa as borrowed directly from Andalusian Arabic خَلِيْفَة (ẖalífah).


smartphone

es-noun

smartphone m (plural smartphones or smartphone)

smartphones (plural)
smartphone (plural)

Unadapted borrowing from English smartphone.


rizoma

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥίζωμα (rhízōma, “root”).


tetrarca

es-noun

tetrarca m or f by sense (plural tetrarcas)

From Late Latin tetrarcha, from Latin tetrarchēs, from Ancient Greek τετράρχης (tetrárkhēs). By surface analysis, tetra- + -arca.

Los historiadores recuperan la figura de los tetrarcas que compartían el poder en el imperio romano desde los tiempos de Diocleciano, creador de la fórmula y que supo aprovecharla con astucia.


ponente

ponente m or f by sense (plural ponentes)

Borrowed from Latin ponentem. Doublet of poniente.


componente

componente m or f by sense (plural componentes)


componente

es-adj

componente m or f (masculine and feminine plural componentes)


pentatleta

es-noun

pentatleta m or f by sense (plural pentatletas)


capibara

→ English: capybara

Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris#Translingual


frontman

frontman m (plural frontmans or frontman)


peshmerga

peshmerga m or f by sense (plural peshmergas)


-ita

-ita f (noun-forming suffix, plural -itas, masculine -ito, masculine plural -itos)

-itas (plural)
-ito (masculine)
-itos (masculine plural)

a suffix indicating a diminutive; female equivalent of -ito


pickles

Unadapted borrowing from English pickles.


ainu

es-adj

ainu m or f (masculine and feminine plural ainus)

Ainu (pertaining to the language or people)


hindú

es-noun

hindú m or f by sense (plural hindús or hindúes)

Borrowed from Classical Persian هندو (hindu, “Indian”), from هند (hind, “India”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “river, the Indus”).


hutu

es-adj

hutu m or f (masculine and feminine plural hutus)


-ema

es-noun

-ema m (noun-forming suffix, plural -emas)


Valdez

English: Valdez

desc

→ Chinese: → 巴爾德斯 /巴尔德斯 (Bā'ěrdésī) (transliteration)

From Valdés + -ez (“patronymic”). From Asturian Valdés, from Valle de Esva (“Val de Ese”), composed of valle (“valley”) + de (“of”) + Esva (a river in Asturias).

a surname, Valdez, from Asturian [in turn originating as a patronymic]


nailon

es-noun

nailon m (countable and uncountable, plural nailons or náilones)

→ Southeastern Tepehuan: nailo


fascista

es-adj

fascista m or f (masculine and feminine plural fascistas)

(informal) fascist (unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict)


nazista

nazista m or f (masculine and feminine plural nazistas)


nazista

es-noun

nazista m or f by sense (plural nazistas)


comunista

es-adj

comunista m or f (masculine and feminine plural comunistas)


comunista

es-noun

comunista m or f by sense (plural comunistas)

→ Cebuano: komunista

→ Tagalog: komunista


marxista

es-adj

marxista m or f (masculine and feminine plural marxistas)


marxista

es-noun

marxista m or f by sense (plural marxistas)


prisma

Borrowed from Late Latin prisma, from Ancient Greek πρῖσμα (prîsma, literally “thing sawed”).

der

(geometry) prism (a polyhedron with parallel ends of the same size and shape)

prism (a transparent block used to split or reflect light)


paria

Borrowed from Tamil பறையர் (paṟaiyar), from பறையன் (paṟaiyaṉ, “drummer”), from பறை (paṟai, “drum”) or from Malayalam പറയർ (paṟayaṟ), from പറയൻ (paṟayaṉ, “drummer”), from പറ (paṟa, “drum”).


arpista

es-noun

arpista m or f by sense (plural arpistas)


María

Inherited from Latin Marīa, from Ancient Greek Μαρίᾱ (Maríā), from Hebrew מִרְיָם (miryām).

a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Mary


protestante

es-adj

protestante m or f (masculine and feminine plural protestantes)

protestantes (feminine masculine plural)


protestante

es-noun

protestante m or f by sense (plural protestantes)


indigente

es-adj

indigente m or f (masculine and feminine plural indigentes)

Learned borrowing from Latin indigentem (“needing, requiring”).


indigente

es-noun

indigente m or f by sense (plural indigentes)

pauper; indigent (one who is extremely poor)


aborigen

es-adj

aborigen m or f (masculine and feminine plural aborígenes)

Borrowed from Latin aborigines, a plural form maybe derived from ab- (“from”) + origo (“origin, beginning”).


aborigen

es-noun

aborigen m or f by sense (plural aborígenes)


gei

es-adj

gei m or f (masculine and feminine plural geis)


integralista

es-noun

integralista m or f by sense (plural integralistas)


interrogante

es-adj

interrogante m or f (masculine and feminine plural interrogantes)

interrogantes (feminine masculine plural)


interrogante

es-noun

interrogante m or f by sense (plural interrogantes)


rueda

→ Moroccan Arabic: رويضة (rwīḍa)

Inherited from Old Spanish rueda (“wheel”), from Latin rota (“wheel”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hret- (“to roll”).

inh+

si mi abuela tuviera ruedas, sería una bicicleta


intransigente

es-adj

intransigente m or f (masculine and feminine plural intransigentes)

intransigentes (feminine masculine plural)

desctree

→ French: intransigeant
→ English: intransigent
→ German: intransigent
→ Romanian: intransigent

→ Italian: intransigente

By surface analysis, in- + transigir (“to give in”) + -ente.


intransigente

es-noun

intransigente m or f by sense (plural intransigentes)


intrigante

intrigante m or f by sense (plural intrigantes)


Países Bajos

From país (“country”) + bajos (“low”), a calque of Dutch Nederland. Compare French Pays-Bas.

Kingdom of the Netherlands
Kingdom of the Netherlands#English

constituent countries
constituent country

Netherlands (The main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium)

Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten)


croata

es-adj

croata m or f (masculine and feminine plural croatas)


croata

Croatian (language variety of the Serbo-Croatian language)


banga

Borrowed from a west African language, possibly Urhobo; see Banga.


lexema

From lex- + -ema, a derivation from Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis) on the model of fonema.

(linguistics) lexeme (unit of meaning or vocabulary)


cicerone

es-noun

cicerone m or f by sense (plural cicerones)


confidente

confidente m or f by sense (plural confidentes)


jazzista

jazzista m or f by sense (plural jazzistas)


idealista

idealista m or f by sense (plural idealistas)


ignorante

es-adj

ignorante m or f (masculine and feminine plural ignorantes)

→ Cebuano: ignorante

→ Hiligaynon: ignorante

→ Tagalog: ignorante

From Latin īgnōrante or īgnōrantī, singular ablative of īgnōrāns (“ignorant”).


ignorante

es-noun

ignorante m or f by sense (plural ignorantes)


túnel

Borrowed from English tunnel, from Old French tonel, diminutive of tonne (“cask”).


emigrante

es-adj

emigrante m or f (masculine and feminine plural emigrantes)


emigrante

es-noun

emigrante m or f by sense (plural emigrantes)


bautista

bautista m or f by sense (plural bautistas)

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin baptista, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής (baptistḗs). Doublet of baptista.


buga

(Mexico, gay slang) heterosexual (person)


troglodita

es-adj

troglodita m or f (masculine and feminine plural trogloditas)


troglodita

es-noun

troglodita m or f by sense (plural trogloditas)


consorte

consorte m or f by sense (plural consortes)


mamañema

mamañema m or f by sense (plural mamañemas)

(Dominican Republic, literally) cocksucker


conchatumadre

conchatumadre m or f by sense (plural conchatumadres)


Timoteo

Despúes llegó á Derbe, y á Listra: y he aquí, estaba allí un discípulo llamado Timoteo, hijo de una mujer Judía fiel, mas de pagre Griego.

1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), rev., Los Hechos 16:1

a male given name, equivalent to English Timothy


Timoteo

a surname transferred from the given name


cisma

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin schisma, from Ancient Greek σχίσμα (skhísma, “division”), from σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”).


ceramista

es-noun

ceramista m or f by sense (plural ceramistas)


altruista

es-adj

altruista m or f (masculine and feminine plural altruistas)


altruista

es-noun

altruista m or f by sense (plural altruistas)


hámster

hámster m (plural hámsteres or hámsters)

Borrowed from English hamster, from German Hamster, from Old High German hamastra, hamustro (“field mouse”), probably from Old East Slavic хомѣсторъ (xoměstorŭ), хомѣстаръ (xoměstarŭ). See English hamster for more.