英语中使用的 20 个流行的西班牙语单词

 

Adobe: it means “mudbrick” in Spanish. It is an air-dried brick. This word refers to a particular type of building material that is used mostly in the Southwestern United States

Burrito: it means “little donkey” in Spanish.

Breeze: from “briza” in Spanish

Caballero: from Spanish caballero meaning “knight” or “gentleman”, from “caballo”, horse.

Canyon: From the Spanish word cañon that means “gorge”, which comes from caño (tube). It comes from the Latin word canna (reed).

Plaza: a plaza is an open square in a city.

Mosquito: it means literally, “little fly” in Spanish.

Tornado: influenced by Spanish tornar “to twist, turn”.

Hurricane: from “huracán” in Spanish, which means tornado

Rodeo: literally “a going round,” from rodear “go-round, surround”.

Cigarette: Although it comes from the French word cigarette, cigarette comes from the Spanish word cigarro that means “stogie”.

Canoe: it comes from “canoa” in Spanish.

Macho: “tough guy,” from Spanish macho “male animal,” noun use of adjective meaning “masculine, virile”.

Mojito: type of rum-based Cuban cocktail, a diminutive of mojo, a word for certain sauces and marinades.

Tomato: from Spanish tomate, from Aztecan tomatl.

Fiesta: from Spanish, literally “feast”.

Patio: an inner court open to the sky.

Guerrilla: literally “little war,” diminutive of guerra “war”.

Stampede: it comes from the Spanish word “estampida”.

Coyote: from Mexican Spanish coyote, from Aztecan coyotl.