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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.