mariachi (a type of traditional Mexican music, or a musician).margarita (a woman's name meaning "daisy").mano a mano (literally, "hand to hand").manatee (from manatí, originally from Carib).maize (from maíz, originally from Arawak mahíz).macho ( macho usually means simply "male" in Spanish).criollo (English term refers to someone indigenous to South America Spanish term originally referred to anyone from a particular locality).condor (originally from Quechua, an indigenous South American language).coco (type of tree, from icaco, originally Arawak ikaku from the Caribbean).cockroach (Two English words, "cock" and "roach," were combined to form "cockroach." It is believed, but isn't certain, that the words were chosen because of their similarity to the Spanish cucaracha.).chocolate (originally xocolatl, from Nahuatl, an indigenous Mexican language).chili con carne ( con carne means "with meat").chili (from chile, derived from Nahuatl chilli).chihuahua (dog breed named after Mexican city and state).chaps (from Mexican Spanish chaparreras).chaparral (from chaparro, an evergreen oak).canoe (the word was originally Caribbean).cannibal (originally of Caribbean origin).canasta (the Spanish word means "basket").canary (Old Spanish canario entered English by way of French canarie).buckaroo (possibly from vaquero, "cowboy").bronco (means "wild" or "rough" in Spanish).bravo (from either Italian or Old Spanish).booby (from bobo, meaning "silly" or "selfish").bonanza (although the Spanish bonanza can be used synonymously with the English cognate, it more often means "calm seas" or "fair weather").bizarre (some sources, not all, say this word came from the Spanish bizarro). ![]() barbecue (from barbacoa, a word of Caribbean origin).bandoleer (type of belt, from bandolera).banana (word, originally of African origin, entered English via either Spanish or Portuguese).bajada (a geological term referring to a type of alluvial slope at the base of a mountain, from bajada, meaning "slope").avocado (originally a Nahuatl word, ahuacatl).arroyo (English regionalism for "stream").armadillo (literally, "the little armed one"). ![]()
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