Honduran Spanish is the

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as spoken in the country of

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...

in Central America. The

voseo In Spanish grammar, () is the use of as a second-person singular pronoun, along with its associated verbal forms, in certain regions where the language is spoken. In those regions it replaces , i.e. the use of the pronoun and its verbal fo ...

is routinely used in Honduras.

Phonology

* Honduran Spanish, as a Central American variety, pronounces the fricative , written with or , as a simple aspiration . * is at times elided in contact with front vowels. * Word-final becomes velarized, as . * is often aspirated or elided in word- or syllable-final position. As an apparent extension of this, it may even be aspirated in word-initial or word-medial, syllable-initial environments. This word-medial aspiration is most common near

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boundaries, and in the pronoun es, label=none, nosotros, lit=we. S-reduction is most common in the north of Honduras. It's less common in areas of Copán Department near the

Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by Hon ...

n border, in

Comayagua Comayagua () is a city, municipality and old capital of Honduras, located northwest of Tegucigalpa on the highway to San Pedro Sula and above sea level. The accelerated growth experienced by the city of Comayagua led the municipal authorit ...

, and among the upper classes of

Tegucigalpa Tegucigalpa (, , ), formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District ( es, Tegucigalpa, Municipio del Distrito Central or ''Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.''), and colloquially referred to as ''Tegus'' or ''Teguz'', is the capital and largest city ...

Local words

These words are some slang words used in Honduras. Some may also be used in neighboring

El Salvador El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south ...

and elsewhere. *Bululo - bread roll *Trucha or pulpería - corner shop *Relajo - mess *Jura or chepo - police patrol *Posta - police station *Maje - dude *Cipote(a) - kid (male, when it ends with "e"; and female, when it ends with "a") *Güirro(a) - kid (male, when it ends with "o"; and female, when it ends with "a") *Juco(a) - Dirty person (male, when it ends with "o"; and female, when it ends with "a") *Colocho - Curls (in reference to hair) *Chongo - Bow (gift wrapping) *Encachimbar - to annoy/upset *Bolo - Drunk *Goma - Hangover *Paila - A bucket. Also used to refer to a pick up truck (Carro Paila) *Pisto/Billullo - Money *Chabacán - Trouble Maker *Guachimán - Security guard (Comes from the English word, Watchman)

References

Languages of Honduras Central American Spanish {{Honduras-stub