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Loanwords – Spanish Nature

Lisa Chen and Jeff Lee. Loanwords – Spanish Nature. In the days of Mexican or Spanish cowboys working in where is now the U.S. Southwest Words of Caribbean origin entered English by way of trade. The names of foods whose names have no English equivalent. Background of Spanish loanwords.

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Loanwords – Spanish Nature

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  1. Lisa Chen and Jeff Lee Loanwords – Spanish Nature

  2. In the days of Mexican or Spanish cowboys working in where is now the U.S. Southwest Words of Caribbean origin entered English by way of trade. The names of foods whose names have no English equivalent Background of Spanish loanwords

  3. Spanish lagarto El lagarto--the lizard alligator Lizard alligator

  4. Spanish mosquito -- little gnat mosquito mosca musca mu- (gnat or fly) imitative of insect buzzing the sound of humming insects mosquito

  5. Spanish brisa "cold northeast wind" "northeast trade wind“ “fresh wind from the sea” "gentle or light wind“ breeze

  6. Spanish zorro -- fox In English, a masked rider Don Diego de la Vega Capitan Monastario Writer Johnston McCulley Zorro

  7.  Spanish caldera Spanish caldera --"kettle or cooking pot“ Englishcaldera-- cauldron-like volcanic feature caldera caldera cooking pot

  8. Tornado • Not in Spanish originally • Seamen mangled • Spanishtorna + English Turn • Tronada

  9. Tobacco • Taino (language in Caribbean) • Introduced by Francisco Fernandes • Arabic tabbaq • Transferred to an Americanplant

  10. Hurricane • Taino (language in Caribbean) • Sea of God or Center of the wind • Columbus

  11. armadillo • Spanish word • Armado (armored) • Armado + illo (dimunitive) • Aztec mammal animal • Spanish Conquistador

  12. Burrito • Not from Spain • Mexican sold tacos on donkeys. • Anglo-American tourists • Spanish Burro (donkey)

  13. http://spanish.about.com/cs/historyofspanish/a/spanishloanword.htmhttp://spanish.about.com/cs/historyofspanish/a/spanishloanword.htm http://www.manythings.org/voa/animals/6025.html http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Mosquito http://www.bigsiteofamazingfacts.com/where-did-the-word-breeze-for-a-gentle-wind-come-from-and-what-does-it-mean-in-spanish http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=breeze&searchmode=none http://www.billcotter.com/zorro/history-of-series.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldera http://wordconnections.wordpress.com/2012/06/19/tornado/ http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=tobacco&allowed_in_frame=0 http://news.softpedia.com/news/10-Things-You-Did-Not-Know-About-Armadillos-75106.shtml http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Burrito&defid=5374350 References

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