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This is a list of
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words of uncertain origin. Some of these words existed in
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s to ultimately come from some other source. Many of these words have alternate etymologies and may also appear on a list of
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words from a different
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.


A

*ademán *agachar *agalla *ají *amargo *anchoa *añicos *Apache *ardilla *areito *arete *aro *arrancar *arrear *
arriero An ''arriero'', muleteer, or more informally a muleskinner ( es, arriero; pt, tropeiro; ca, traginer) is a person who transports goods using pack animals, especially mules. Distribution and function In South America, muleskinners transpo ...
*arveja/alverja *asustar


B

*balde (barrel, tub) *barato *barraca *barro *bata *baúl *beso *bisagra *bizco *borrar *borrego *bronce *bruja *buitre *burla *burlar *buscar


C

*cabaña, *cacarear *caleta *cama *cambur *camilla *canica *caracol *carcajada *catalán *cataluña *cebra *celta *cagarra *changa *chango *charco *chileno *chipre *chiste *chorro *chupar *cibernética *coco *cochino, *cucubano


D

*danza *derrocar *destrozar


E

*-ez (name suffix)


G

*gabacho *gacho *gago *gana *ganga *garbanzo *garza *gobernar *godo *gorra *gorrión *gorro *gótico *graznar *gusano,


H

*hipo


J

*judía (lima bean) *juey


L

*lama *latir *laurel *leopardo *lerdo *lirio water lily *liso *listo


M

*malgache *malva *manteca *mantecado *mantequilla *mascota *maullar *metralla *mimo *mimar *mohíno *moho *moneda *moño *mueca *migir


N

*nabo *niña


O

*ola *olivo *-ón= augmentative suffix (opposite of a diminutive suffix), as found in balón "big ball.": the same as
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''-one''. Examples: guitarrón (from guitarra), salchichón (from salchicha). Exceptions (nouns ending in -ón that are not in the augmentative): aguijón, camarón, empujón.


P

*pantano *pantalla *pantera *parra *parrilla *pata *patán *patear *patillas *patín *patio *pato *patrulla *pavana *pelícano *peluca *pequeño *pera *pito *porrazo *prado


S

*sabotear *saeta *salpicar *salsifí *senda *sendero *sodio *soga *sucre *susto


T

*titere *tonto *topar *tope *trenza *trocar *tropa *tropel *troza *truco


Z

*zángano *zapato


See also

*
Linguistic history of Spanish The language known today as Spanish is derived from a dialect of spoken Latin, which was brought to the Iberian Peninsula by the Romans after their occupation of the peninsula that started in the late 3rd century BC. Influenced by the peninsul ...
*
List of English words of Spanish origin This is a list of English language words whose origin can be traced to the Spanish language as "Spanish loan words". Words typical of " Mock Spanish" used in the United States are listed separately. A ; abaca: via Spanish ''abacá'' from Tagal ...


References

*"Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua española" by Guido Gómez de Silva ({{ISBN, 968-16-2812-8) uncertain