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| hombre |
(Spanish) a man. |
| Inca |
a member of one of the native peoples that ruled Peru before the Spanish conquest in the sixteenth century. |
| infanta |
the daughter of a Spanish or Portuguese king, or the wife of his son who is not heir to the throne. |
| infante |
a son of a Spanish or Portuguese king who is not heir to the throne. |
| inquisitor |
one who conducted an inquisition, esp. officially, as a member of the Spanish Inquisition. [1/2 definitions] |
| jennet |
a small Spanish horse. [1/2 definitions] |
| Jordan almond |
a large variety of Spanish almond, often used in candy and other confections. |
| jota |
a Spanish dance in three-four time, performed by a man and woman to the rhythmic clicking of castanets, or the music for such a dance. |
| Ladino |
a language of Sephardic Jews that is a combination of Spanish, Hebrew, and other elements. [2 definitions] |
| Latin America |
collectively, those countries in the Western Hemisphere south of the United States, in which the predominant language is a Romance language, such as Spanish, Portuguese, French, or a Creole. |
| lingua franca |
a hybrid language made up of elements of Italian, Spanish, French, Greek, Arabic, and Turkish, spoken in certain Mediterranean port areas. [1/2 definitions] |
| loyalist |
(cap.) someone who supported the British during the American Revolution, or the Republican government during the Spanish Civil War. [1/2 definitions] |
| madre |
(Spanish) mother. |
| malagueña |
a Spanish folk dance or tune similar to the fandango. |
| mamoncillo |
a fruit-bearing tree that grows primarily in Central America and the Caribbean and produces a small fruit with a rigid green skin and a sweet fleshy interior. The mamoncillo fruit is called by different names in different countries and is sometimes called a Spanish lime. |
| mañana |
(Spanish) tomorrow, or some unspecified time in the future. [2 definitions] |
| Miguel de Cervantes |
a Spanish author (b.1547--d.1616). |
| montero |
a rounded Spanish cap with side flaps, worn by hunters. |
| Morisco |
a Moor, esp. a Spanish Moor. [1/2 definitions] |
| moss |
any of various plants that are similar in appearance or growth habits, such as Spanish moss. [1/3 definitions] |
| mouillé |
pronounced palatally, as "ll" in French, "ñ" in Spanish, and "gl" and "gn" in Italian. |
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