abuelita |
(Spanish; informal) grandmother; grandma. |
abuelito |
(Spanish; informal) grandfather; grandpa. |
Álvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca |
a Spanish explorer who, after landing on the cape of Florida in 1528 and being stranded in the Gulf coast region for 8 years, published an account of his survival and interaction with the native peoples under the title "La relación" (1542) (b.1490?--d.1557?). |
amontillado |
a pale, medium dry Spanish sherry. |
auto-da-fé |
the public announcement of the judgment and sentences passed and imposed on people tried as heretics during the Spanish Inquisition. [1/2 definitions] |
barrio |
in a Spanish-speaking country, one of the districts of a town. [2 definitions] |
bohío |
(Spanish) hut, esp. one with a thatched roof. |
bolero |
a spirited Spanish dance, or the music for this dance. [1/2 definitions] |
buenas noches |
(Spanish) good night. |
buenos dias |
(Spanish) good morning; good day. |
caballero |
a Spanish or Latin American gentleman. [1/3 definitions] |
campesino |
(Spanish) a farm worker or peasant. |
Canary Islands |
a group of islands off the northwest coast of Africa that comprises two Spanish provinces; Canaries. |
cantharides |
see "Spanish fly." |
caravel |
a small, light, fast sailing ship used by the Spanish and Portuguese in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, with two or three masts and triangular sails. |
castanet |
one of a pair of slightly concave wooden or ivory instruments, held in the hand and clicked together to provide rhythmic accompaniment, esp. to certain Spanish dances. |
Castilian |
the dialect of Castile, now the standard form of Spanish in Spain. [2/4 definitions] |
chancla |
(Spanish) a type of sandal; flip-flop. |
Christopher Columbus |
an Italian navigator and explorer, and leader of the Spanish expedition that landed in America in 1492 (b.1451?--d.1506). |
conquistador |
one of the Spanish conquerors of the Americas in the sixteenth century. |
corrida |
(Spanish) a bullfight. |