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This is a list of [[English language]] words whose origin can be traced to the [[Spanish language]] as "Spanish [[loan word]]s". 

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== A ==
;[[abaca]]: via Spanish ''abacá'' from [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] ''abaká''
;[[abalone]]: from Spanish ''abulón'', from [[Ohlone]] ''aluan'' or [[Rumsen language|Rumsen]] ''awlun.''
;[[wikt:adios|adios]]: from Spanish 'adiós' meaning "goodbye" < latin ''ad deus'' "to god" (short for "a Dios seas", "a Dios seades", literally, "may (you) be (commended) to God")
;[[adobe]]: From [[Middle Egyptian language|Egyptian]] via [[Arabic]] "Al-tub" 
;[[Fan (person)|aficionado]]: from past participle of ''aficionar,'' to inspire affection, from ''afición'' affection, from Latin'' affection''-,'' affectio'', from ''afficere'' .
;[[albatross]]: from ''alcatraz'', see below.
;[[Alcalde]]: from ''alcalde'', magistrate.
;[[Alcatraz Island|Alcatraz]]: (meaning "[[gannet]]") from Arabic غطاس al-ġaţţās ("the diver")
;[[alidade]]: via French, Spanish ''alidada'' and [[Medieval Latin]] ''alhidade'' from Arabic العهدة ''al-idada'', "the revolving radius"
;[[alligator]]: from ''el lagarto'', "the lizard" < latín ''lacartus'' < ''lacertus''.
;[[alpaca]]: via Spanish, from [[Aymara language|Aymara]] ''allpaqa''
;[[aludel]]: from [[Old French]] ''alutel'', via Spanish and Medieval Latin from Arabic الأثال ''al-ʾuṯāl'', "the sublimation vessel"
;[[wiktionary:amigo|amigo]]: from Spanish and/or Portuguese ''amigo'', "friend"; from Latin ''amicus'' meaning "friend," derived from ''amare'' (''to love'').
;amole: Mexican Spanish from Nahuatl ''amolli'' meaning "soap root."<ref>{{OEtymD|amole}}</ref>
;[[amontillado]]: from the village of Montilla "little mount", Province of Córdoba, Spain
;[[ancho]]: from Mexican Spanish ''(chile) ancho'', "wide (chili)" < latin ''amplus''
;[[anchovy]]: from Spanish ''anchoa'' or more probably Portuguese ''anchova'' meaning "bluefish"; from Genoese or Corsican dialect; ultimately from Latin ''apua'' meaning "small fish" and Greek Αφυε ''aphye'' meaning "small fry" or from Basque ''anchuva'' meaning "dry"<ref>{{OEtymD|anchovy}}</ref>
;[[Angeleno]]: from American Spanish
;[[Apache]]: from Mexican Spanish from [[Yavapai language|Yavapai]] ''{{'}}epache'' meaning "people" or from [[Zuni language|Zuni]] ''apachu'' meaning "enemy"<ref>{{OEtymD|Apache}}</ref>
;[[Naval fleet|armada]]: "armed [fleet]" from the [[Spanish navy]], ''La armada española''
;[[armadillo]]: from ''armadillo'', "little armored one"
;[[arroyo (watercourse)|arroyo]]: from ''arroyo'', "stream" < ''arrugium''
;[[avocado]]: alteration of Spanish ''aguacate'', from Nahuatl ''ahuacatl''.
;[[ayahuasca]]: via Spanish from [[Quechua language|Quechua]] ''ayawaska'' meaning "soul vine."

== B ==
;[[banana]]: from Spanish or [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] ''banana'', probably from a [[Wolof language|Wolof]] word,<ref>{{OEtymD|banana}}</ref> or from Arabic بأننا “ba’ nana” fingers<ref>Dan Keppel, ''Banana'', Hudson Street Press, 2008; p. 44.</ref>
;[[bandolier]]: from Spanish ''bandolero'', meaning "band (for a weapon or other) that crosses from one shoulder to the opposite hip" and ''bandolero'', loosely meaning "he who wears a bandolier"

;[[barbeque]]: from ''[[barbacoa]]'', from Spanish, taken from Caribbean Taínos ''barbacu'', cooking set-up with wood tray at a height over fire
;[[barracuda]]: from ''barracuda''  May have come from  barraco, meaning overlapping tooth
;[[wikt:barranca|barranca]]: from Spanish ''barranca'' or ''barranco'', ''ravine''
;[[barrio]]: from Spanish ''barrio'', "neighborhood", from Arabic بري ''barri'', wild
;[[bastinado]]: from ''bastonada'', from Spanish ''bastón'', cane
;[[wikt:bodega|bodega]]: from Spanish and/or Portuguese ''bodega'', meaning cellar < latin-greek ''aphothekam''.
;[[bodegón]]: from ''bodegón''
;[[bolero]]: from Spanish ''bolero''
;[[wikt:bonanza|bonanza]]: from ''bonanza'' meaning "prosperity" < latin ''bonantia'' < ''bonus'' "good".
;[[bonito]]: from Spanish ''bonito'', meaning "beautiful" < latin ''bonus'' "good".
;[[wikt:breeze|breeze]]: from ''brisa'' "cold northeast wind" or from Frisian ''briesen'' - to blow (wind)<ref>{{OEtymD|breeze}}</ref>
;[[bronco]]: from ''bronco'' meaning "coarse"
;[[wikt:buckaroo|buckaroo]]: from ''vaquero'' meaning "cowboy", ultimately from Latin "vaccarium" "cowboy" (''vacca'' "cow").
;[[burrito]]: diminutive of ''burro'', a dish originally from Northern Mexico, literally "little donkey"
;[[burro]]: from ''burro'', "donkey" < latin ''burricus'' "pescado".

== C ==
;[[Knight|caballero]]: from Spanish ''caballero'' meaning "knight/gentleman", from ''caballo'', "horse", Celtic ''caballos'' "horse".
;[[cabana (structure)|cabana]]: from Spanish ''cabaña'' or Portuguese ''cabana'' < latin < ''capanna''; both meaning "cabin"
;[[cacique]]: from Spanish, from Taíno ''cacike'' or [[Arawak language|Arawak]] ''kassequa'', both meaning a chief
;[[cafeteria]]: from ''cafetería'', "coffee store"
;[[wikt:calaboose|calaboose]]: from [[Vulgar Latin]] ''calafodiuma'' "to dig a protected place" and [[Louisiana]] [[French language|French]] ''calabouse'', from Spanish ''calabozo''<ref>{{OEtymD|calaboose}}</ref>
;[[caldera]]: from Spanish ''caldera'' meaning "cauldron" from Latin ''caldaria'', "cooking pot."
;[[California]]: place name first seen in print in 1510 Spanish novel '[[Las sergas de Esplandián]]' by [[Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo]]
;[[camarilla]]: from ''camarilla'', "small room" diminutive of ''cámara'' "room" < latin ''camara''.
;[[wikt:camino|camino]]: from ''camino'' a path or road, from Celtic ''cammanos'' "road".
;[[cannibal]]: from Spanish ''caníbal'', alteration of ''caríbal'', from Caribe
;[[canoe]]: from Spanish ''canoa'',  from [[Haitian Creole|Haitian ]] ''canaoua''
;[[canyon]]: from ''cañón'' with same meaning. Derived from ''caño'', "a pipe, tube, gorge, tube;" ultimately from Latin ''canna'' meaning "reed."<ref>{{OEtymD|canyon}}</ref>
;[[carabao]]: from Spanish from [[Visayan language]] ''kalabaw'', from [[Malay language]] ''kerabau.''
;[[¡Ay, caramba!|caramba]]: from Spanish, meaning "heck"; expression of dread, displeasure, or disapproval, euphemism for ''carajo''
;[[carbonado]]: from ''carbonada'', from ''carbón'' meaning "coal"
;[[cargo]]: from the verb ''cargar'' meaning "to load"
;[[Caribbean]]: from Spanish ''Caribe'', from name of Carib Indians of the region.
;[[cassava]]: from ''cazabe'', from Taíno ''caçábi''
;[[caudillo]]: from ''caudillo'', from Latin ''capitellium'' "head" meaning "leader"
;[[cedilla]]: from ''cedilla'', archaic spelling ''zedilla'' (little z)
;[[chaparral]]: from Spanish, ''chaparro'' loosely meaning small evergreen oak, from Basque ''txapar'', "small, short"
;[[chaps]]: from Mexican Spanish ''chaparreras'', leg protectors for riding through chaparral
;[[chayote]]: from Spanish, literally: "squash", from Nahuatl ''chayotl'' meaning "spiny squash"
;[[chicha]]: from Spanish ''chicha'', from [[Guna language|Guna]] ''chichab'', meaning "maize" or from Nahuatl ''chichiatl'', "fermented water."
;[[chicle]]: from ''chicle'' "gum", from Nahuatl ''tzictli'' "squishy stuff" or [[Mayan language|Mayan]] ''tsicte.''<ref>[http://www.mexicolore.co.uk/index.php?one=azt&two=art&id=168 "chicle"], Mexicolore</ref>
;[[Chile pepper|chile]]: from Spanish ''chile'', from [[Nahuatl]] ''chilli''
;[[chipotle]]: from Spanish, smoked jalapeño, from Nahuatl ''chilpoctli''
;[[chocolate]]: from Spanish ''chocolate'', from Nahuatl ''xocolatl'' meaning "hot water" or from a combination of the [[Mayan languages|Mayan]] word ''chocol'' meaning "hot" and the Nahuatl word ''atl'' meaning "water."
;[[Choctaw]]: from the native name ''Chahta'' of unknown meaning but also said to come from Spanish ''chato'' (="flattened") because of the tribe's custom of flattening the heads of male infants.<ref>{{OEtymD|Choctaw}}</ref>
;[[chorizo]]: from ''chorizo'', "sausage"
;[[churro]]: from ''churro'', "fritter"
;[[cienega|cienega or cienaga]]: from ''ciénaga'', "swamp" < latin ''caenus'' "mud" and native suffix -aka, ''caénaka''.
;[[cigar]]: from Spanish ''cigarro'' meaning "fag (UK), stogie, stogy", from Mayan ''sicar'' or ''sic'', "tobacco"
;[[cigarette]]: from French ''cigarette'' "little weed", diminutive of French ''cigare'' "stogie", from Spanish ''cigarro'' meaning "fag (UK), stogie, stogy."
;[[cilantro]]: from Spanish ''cilantro'' < latin ''coriandrum'', "coriander"
;[[coca]]: from Spanish, ''coca'' meaning "coke", from [[Quechua language|Quechua]] ''kuka''
;[[cockroach]]: from Spanish ''cucaracha''
;[[cocoa bean|cocoa]] or cacao: from Spanish ''cacao'', from Nahuatl ''cacáhuatl''
;[[Spanish profanity#Cojones|cojones]]: from Spanish ''cojones'' < latin ''coleones'' meaning "balls, testicles", to denote courage
;[[Colorado]]: from Spanish ''colorado'' < latin ''coloratus'', red or colored
;[[comrade]]: from French ''camarade'' meaning "friend", from Spanish ''camarada'' < latin ''camara'' "room", "pal, mate"
;[[condor]]: from Spanish, from Quechua ''kuntur''
;[[conquistador]]: from ''conquistador'' meaning "conqueror", from ''conquista'' < latin ''conquisita'', "conquest"
;[[coquina]]: from ''coquina'', dim. form of "concha" meaning seashell; a sedimentary rock of NE Florida
;[[cordillera]]: from ''cordillera'', "range" < ''cordel'' "cord".
;[[corral]]: from ''corral'' meaning "pen, yard" from Portuguese ''curral'' meaning "pen" of unknown; perhaps ultimately from [[Afrikaans language|Afrikaans]] ''kraal'' or from Vulgar Latin ''currale'' loosely meaning "enclosure for vehicles."<ref>{{OEtymD|corral}}</ref>
;[[bullfighting|corrida]]: a [[Bullfighting|bullfight]] (literally: "raced")
;[[coyote]]: from Spanish ''coyote'', from Nahuatl ''coyotl''
;[[cowboy]]: from Spanish ''vaquero'', an individual who managed cattle while mounted on horseback, from  ''vaca'', "cow", from Latin ''vacca'' 
;[[wikt:creole|creole]]: from French ''créole'', from Spanish ''criollo'', from Portuguese ''crioulo'', raised in the house
;[[crimson]]: from Old Spanish ''cremesín'', via [[Medieval Latin]] ''cremesinus'' from Arabic قيرميزل ''qirmizI'', from [[Persian language|Persian]] قرمز ''qermez'' kermes; ultimately from [[Sanskrit]] कृमिज ''krmi-ja'' meaning "worm-made."<ref>{{OEtymD|crimson}}</ref>
;[[crusade]]: blend of [[Middle French]] ''croisade'' and Spanish ''cruzada''; both ultimately from Latin ''crux, crucis'' "cross"
;[[wikt:cuadrilla|cuadrilla]]: from ''cuadrilla'' "group of people" diminutive of ''cuadro'' "square" < latin ''quadrus''.
;[[cumbia]]: from Spanish ''cumbia'', a popular dance (for couples) originating in [[Colombia]].

== D ==
;[[daiquiri]]: from ''Daiquiri'', a port city in eastern Cuba
;[[dengue]]: from Spanish ''dengue'' meaning "fever", from [[Swahili language|Swahili]] ''dinga'', "seizure"
;[[derecho]]: from Spanish ''derecho '' meaning "straight" or "masculine of ''right side''" < latin ''directum'', a widespread and long-lived convection-induced straight-line windstorm
;[[descamisado]]: from Spanish ''descamisado'', "without a shirt" < camisa "shirt" < celtic ''kamisia''.
;[[wiktionary:desperado|desperado]]: from Spanish ''desesperado'', desperate
;[[doubloon]]: from Spanish doblón : meaning "two-sided" for two-headed coin ("doble" is double in Spanish < latin ''duplex'').

== E ==
;[[El Dorado]]: from ''El Dorado'', literally, "the golden one"
;[[El Niño]]: from ''El Niño de la Navidad'', literally, "the Christmas child" due to the warming of Pacific waters seemed to warm around Christmas
;[[wikt:embarcadero|embarcadero]]: from ''embarcadero'' a boat dock, from ''barca'' "rowboat".
;[[embargo]]: from Spanish ''embargar'', to "seize" or "impound" < latin ''imbarricare''.
;[[escabeche]]: from ''escabeche'', "pickle" < Arabic ''assukkabáǧ''.
;[[escopeteros]]: from Spanish ''escopetero'', "musketeer", from ''escopeta'' "shotgun" < italian ''schioppetto''.

== F ==
;[[Federales]]: from ''Federales'', "federal police"
;[[wikt:fiesta|fiesta]]: from the Spanish ''fiesta'' meaning "party" < latin ''festa''
;[[Flamenco]]: "Spanish genre of music and dance typical of the gypsies". 
;[[Florida]]: from ''La Florida,'' the flowery or plant-filled place or ''pascua florida,'' "flowery [[Easter]]."
;[[flotilla]]: diminutive of ''flota'', "fleet"

== G ==
;[[galleon]]: from Spanish "galeón" (a large sailing ship having three or more masts, from the 15th to 18th century)
;[[gaucho]]: from Mapuche "Argentine cowboy"
;[[wikt:gracias|gracias]]: from Latin expression ''gratias agere'' ("to give thanks")
;[[gringo]]: Was thought to be from "green go home!" Literally "¡verdes vayanse a casa!", in reference to the invasion of the United States Army to Mexico in 1846 and 1848, since the United States Army wore green uniforms. However, this etymology is largely thought to be false, and "Gringo" was already documented in the Diccionario Castellano of Esteban Terreros y Pando in 1786, so "gringo" has nothing to do with "green go home". The most valid and accepted etymology is a deformation of "griego" that means "greek" in Spanish. The most likely evolution of the word is griego > grigo > gringo
;[[guacamole]]: via American Spanish from Nahuatl ''ahuaca-molli'' ("avocado sauce")<ref>{{OEtymD|guacamole}}</ref>
;[[guerrilla]]: from Spanish obsolete meaning "small war" or current meaning "fire-armed group" (raised out of unbalanced democracy) from ''guerra'' "war" < Gothic ''werra'' "war" ({{IPA|es|ɡeˈriʎa}})

== H ==
;[[habanero]]: from the Spanish for the name of the Cuban city of La Habana, which is known as Havana in English. Although it is not the place of origin, it was frequently traded there.
;[[hacienda]]: from Old Spanish ''facienda'', "estate"
;[[hackamore]]: from Spanish ''jaquima'', "halter."
;[[hello|hola]]: Spanish greeting, equivalent to "hello"
;Hispano: From Spanish ''[[hispanic]]''. Also came from Latin ''Hispania'', the whole Iberian peninsula (Spain and Portugal) called by Romans.
;[[Man|hombre]]: from Spanish ''hombre'', "man" < medieval ''homre'' < latin ''hominis''
;[[wikt:hoosegow|hoosegow]]: from Spanish ''juzgado,'' courthouse, from ''juzgar'' < latin ''iudicare'' "to judge"
;[[hurricane]]: from Spanish ''huracán'', from Taíno ''hurákan''; akin to Arawak ''kulakani,'' thunder

== I ==
;[[Inca]]: via Spanish ''inca'', from Quechua ''Inka,'' literally: "lord, king."<ref>{{OEtymD|Inca}}</ref>
;[[wikt:incommunicado|incommunicado]]: from ''incomunicado'', without communication (in the mountains, in the jail,...), "in [[solitary confinement]]."
;[[iguana]]: from Spanish ''iguana'' from Arawak ''iwana.''

== J ==
;[[jade]]: from Spanish ''piedra de ijada'', "stone of flank."
;[[jalapeño]]: from Spanish, a type of spicy [[Chile pepper|chilli]] named after [[Jalapa de Enríquez]], a town in Mexico, and the capital of the state of [[Veracruz]]
;[[jerky (food)|jerky]]: via Spanish ''charqui'', from [[Quechua languages|Quechua]] ''ch'arki'', "dried flesh"
;[[wikt:junta|junta]]: from Spanish ''junta'' literally "joint"; a board of joint administration; sometimes used to refer to military officers command in a [[coup d'état]].  As an adjective, it means "together".

== K ==
;[[Cay|key]]: from Spanish ''cayo'', from Taíno ''cayo'' (this is English 'key'/'cay'/'quay' as in an island, reef or a linked series of them, not the 'key' with which one locks/unlocks doors)

== L ==
;[[La Niña]]: "The little girl", complementary weather pattern to (''q.v.'') El Niño
;[[Lasso|lariat]]: from ''la reata'', meaning "the strap, rein, or rope" from ''reatar'' ("to tie again") from atar "to tie (up);" from Latin ''aparte'', "to join."<ref>{{OEtymD|lariat}}</ref>
;[[lasso]]: via [[American English]] from Spanish ''lazo'' meaning "tie; or rope" ultimately from Latin laqueum, "noose, snare."<ref>{{OEtymD|lasso}}</ref>
;[[Latino (demonym)|Latino]]: English short for the Spanish word ''latinoamericano'', formed by ''latino'' "related to the Latin empire and language" and ''americano'' "from the Americas"
;[[llama]]: via Spanish ''llama'', from Quechua ''llama''
;[[Llanos]]: from Spanish ''llano'' "plain" < latin ''planus''; vast tropical grassland plain situated to the east of the Andes in Colombia and Venezuela.
;[[wikt:loco|loco]]: from ''loco'', "mad" or "crazy"
;[[Lolita (given name)|Lolita]]: from the diminutive for [[Lola (given name)|Lola]], short for [[Dolores (given name)|Dolores]]

== M ==
;[[macho]]: from ''macho'' "male, brave" < latin ''masculus'', the property of being overtly masculine. Also used in South America to refer to a male llama or alpaca.
;[[majordomo]]: via Spanish ''mayordomo'' or Italian ''maggiordomo'' (both meaning "butler") from Latin ''maior domus'' meaning "mayor of the place."
;[[Mano (stone)|mano]]: from ''mano'', "hand". Stone handtool
;[[wikt:manzanilla#Spanish|manzanilla]]: from Spanish ''manzanilla'', a natural tea for some superficial pains. The word is diminutive of ''manzana'' "apple"
;[[Marijuana (word)|marijuana]]: from Spanish ''marihuana'' meaning [[cannabis]].
;[[Maroon people|maroon]]: from the Spanish ''cimarrón'', which was derived from an [[Arawakan languages|Arawakan root]]
;[[torero|matador]]: from ''matador'' meaning "killer" from ''matar'' ("to kill") probably from Arabic مات ''mata'' meaning "he died", also possibly cognate with Persian مردن ''mordan'', "to die" as well as English "murder." Another theory is that the word "matador" is derived from a combination of the Vulgar Latin mattāre, from Late Latin ''mactare'' (to slaughter, kill) and the Latin ''-tor'' (which is cognate with Greek τορ ''-tōr'' and Sanskrit तर ''-tar-.'')<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/matador "matador"], dictionary.com</ref>
;[[merengue music|merengue]]: a type of music and dance originating in the Dominican Republic
;[[mesa]]: from ''mesa'', table < latin ''mensa''. The corresponding Spanish word to a flat top mountain is ''meseta''
;[[Mescal (disambiguation)|mescal]]: from Spanish ''mezcal'', from Nahuatl ''mexcalli''
;[[mesquite]]: from Mexican Spanish ''mezquite'', from Nahuatl ''mizquitl''
;[[mestizo]]: from ''mestizo'' "racially mixed" < latin ''mixticius'' "mixed" or "mongrel", in Spanish, refers to a person of mixed European and Native American descent.
;[[mojito]]: dim. formed from "mojado" (wet or dripping) probably referring to the mint leaves in the well known [[Cuba]]n drink
;[[mole (sauce)|mole]]: also from Spanish as Guacamole, from Nahuatl ''molle'' or ''molli'' ("sauce")
;[[Montana]]: from ''montaña'', a mountain
;[[mosquito]]: from ''mosquito'', literally "little fly" < ''mosca'' "fly" < latin ''musca''.
;[[mulatto]]: from Spanish or Portuguese ''mulato'' meaning "octoroon, sambo" from ''mulo'' "mule" > "hybrid". in Spanish, refers to a person of mixed European-African descent.
;[[Mustang (horse)|mustang]]: from ''mustango'', ''mestengo'', ''mestenco''or ''mesteño'', "without known master or owner" (archaic)
;[[mustee]]: from ''mestizo'', "racially mixed."or "mongrel"

== N ==
;[[nachos]]: from ''Nacho'', a nickname for the given name ''Ignacio'', inventor of the snack
;[[wiktionary:nada|nada]]: from "nada" meaning " nothing."<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nada "nada"], dictionary.com</ref>
;[[Negro]]: from Spanish, Portuguese, or Italian ''negro'', "black", from Latin ''nigrum'' (nom. ''niger)'' and Greek νέγρος ''négros'', both meaning "black.".<ref>{{OEtymD|Negro}}</ref> In Spanish it might be derogatory (depending on intonation and facial expression on some Latin countries).
;[[Nevada]]: from ''Nevada'' ("snowy") after the [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]] ("snowy mountains")
;[[nostromo]]: from ''nuestro amo'', "our master".

== O ==
;[[wiktionary:olé|olé]]: an interjection, an expression of approval or triumph, similar to the [[Italian language|Italian]] ''bravo'' (capable), by spectators of [[bull fight]]s or [[football (soccer)]] matches
;[[oregano]]: from ''orégano'', "marjoram"

== P ==
;[[pachuco]]: from ''pachuco'', "fancy-dresser." or "unsuitable or bad-looking attire"
;[[paella]]: from Spanish ''paella'', from [[Valencian language|Valencian]] ''paella'' "pan" and the dish name. Originated in Latin ''patella'', also meaning "pan."
;[[wikt:palmetto|palmetto]]: from ''palmito'', "palm heart, little palm", diminutive form of the word for palm.
;[[pampa]]: via Spanish, from Quechua ''pampa'', ''plain''
;[[papaya]]: from ''papaya'', akin to Arawak ''papáia''
;[[páramo]]: from Spanish  ''páramo'' (''moorland'')
;[[patio]]: from ''patio'', inner courtyard, "an open paved area adjacent to a home"
;[[wikt:peccadillo|peccadillo]]: from ''pecadillo'', "small sin"
;[[peccary]]: from Spanish ''pecarí'', from [[Carib language|Carib]] ''pakira'' or ''paquira.''<ref>{{OEtymD|peccary}}</ref>
;[[peon]]: from Spanish ''peón'' ("laborer")
;[[peyote]]: from Spanish, from Nahuatl ''peyotl'' ("caterpillar")
;[[Philippines]]: via Spanish ''Filipinas'' from Latin ''Philippinae'', "islands of king [[Philip II of Spain]]"; ultimately from Greek Φιλιππίναι ''Philippinai'' from the Greek phrase Φίλος ίππος Νησιά ''Fílos Íppos Ni̱sí'', "Islands of the Horse Friend."
;[[piccadill]]: from ''picadillo'', "hash"
;[[pimento]] or [[pimiento]]: from ''pimiento'', "[[Black pepper|pepper]]."
;[[piña colada]]: from Spanish ''piña'' ([[pineapple]]), and ''colada'', which means strained, from the Spanish verb ''colar'' ("to strain")
;[[piñata]]: from piñata ("jug, pot") from Latin ''pinea'', "pine cone." or "birthday batting-pony game for kids"<ref>{{OEtymD|pinata}}</ref>
;[[pinyon pine|piñon or pinyon]]: from ''piñón'', "pine"
;[[Pinta (ship)|pinta]]: from ''pinta'', "he/she/it paints"; also archaic Spanish for ''pintada'', "painted"
;[[wikt:Pinto|Pinto]]: from ''pintar'', "to paint"; a white horse with a coat "painted" in large patterns of any other color.
;[[Piragua (food)|piragua]]: from [[Carib language]]
;[[pisco]]: from ''pisco'', "turkey"
;[[placer mining]]: from ''placer'', "sand bank" or "pleasure"
;[[platinum]]: from ''platina'', "little silver" (now ''platino'')
;[[dry lake|playa]]: from ''playa'', "beach" < latin ''plagea''
;[[plaza]]: from ''plaza,'' "[[public square]], spot or place" < latin ''platea''.
;[[wikt:politico|politico]]: from Spanish or Italian ''político'' meaning "politician, political agent;"<ref>{{OEtymD|politico}}</ref> ultimately from Latin ''politicus'' meaning "of citizens or the state, civil, civic," from Greek πολιτικός ([[Ancient Greek]]: πολῑτικός) politikos, "of citizens or the state," from πολίτης (plural: πολίτες) ''polites'' ([[citizen]]) from πόλις ''polis'', "city."<ref>{{OEtymD|politic}}</ref>
;[[poncho]]: from ''poncho'', from Araucanian ''pontho'' meaning "woolen fabric."<ref>{{OEtymD|poncho}}</ref> or "Short of Proper name Alfonso"
;[[potato]]: from Peninsular Spanish ''patata'', itself from ''batata'', "[[sweet potato]]", from Taíno and ''papa'', "potato" from Quechua
;[[potrero (landform)|potrero]]: from ''potrero'', archaic term for "tongue of land"
;[[wikt:pronto|pronto]]: from Spanish "soon, prompt"
;[[pronunciamento]]: from ''pronunciamiento'' proclamation, "military [[coup d'état]]", usually establishing a [[military dictatorship]] (often a [[Military dictatorship|junta]])
;[[cougar|puma]]: from Spanish "cougar, panther", from Quechua
;[[pueblo]]: via Castilian ''pueblo'' from Latin ''populus'' ("[[people]]") or "Population of Country-side or outskirts".

== Q ==
;[[quadroon]]: from ''cuarterón'', "fourth"
;[[quesadilla]]: from ''quesadilla'' meaning a traditional Mexican dish made with tortillas and cheese, diminutive of ''queso'', cheese.
;[[quetzal]]: from Spanish, from Nahuatl "quetzalli": a group of colourful birds of the trogon family found in tropical regions of the Americas. It also may refer to [[Guatemalan quetzal]], the currency of [[Guatemala]].
;[[quinoa]]: via Spanish ''quinua'', from Quechua ''kinwa''
;[[quinceañera]]: from Spanish ''quince años'', literally: "fifteen-year-old-girl"; a girl's fifteenth birthday celebration similar to a "sweet sixteen"; with special rituals in South America.
;[[Quixotism]]/Quixotic: from fictional character ''[[Don Quixote]]'' as in "[[tilting at windmills]]"
;[[quirt]]: from Spanish ''cuarta'' literally: "quarter"; a short horseman's whip, from "one fourth" (of a vara)

== R ==
;[[ranch]]: from ''rancho'', a very small rural community, smaller than a town; also a very humble dwelling in South American Spanish.
;[[reconquista]]: from ''reconquista'', "reconquest"
;[[remuda]]: from Mexican Spanish ''remudar'', to exchange (horses)
;[[wikt:renegade|renegade]]: from ''renegado'', "turncoat, heretic, disowned"
;[[rhumba]]: from ''rumba'', Spanish for "party" or "spree"
;[[rincon (meadow)|rincon]]: from ''rincón'', "meadow" or "corner-side"
;[[robalo]]: from Spanish ''róbalo'' meaning "bass, sea wolf," a tropical marine game and fish food
;[[wikt:roble|roble]]: from Spanish ''roble'', "oak tree" < latin ''roboris''.
;[[rodeo]]: from ''rodeo'' and verb ''rodear'' (to go around)

;[[rueda de casino|rueda]]: from ''rueda'', wheel or circle
;[[rumba]]: from ''rumba'', Spanish for "party" or "spree"

== S ==
;[[saguaro]]: from ''saguaro'', from [[Uto-Aztecan languages|Piman]]
;[[Salsa (sauce)|salsa]]: from ''salsa'', "sauce"
;[[sapodilla]]: from ''zapotillo''
;[[sarabande]]: from French ''sarabande'' in turn from Spanish ''zarabanda''
;[[savanna]]: from ''sabana'', "veld", from Taíno ''zabana''
;[[wikt:savvy|savvy]]: from Spanish or Portuguese ''sabe'', "knows"; ''sabio'', "wise, learned" < latin ''sapidus'' "with sapience".
;[[shack]]: perhaps from Mexican Spanish ''jacal'' meaning "hut", from Nahuatl ''xacalli''
;[[sherry]]: from Old Spanish ''Xerés'' {{IPA|es|ʃeˈɾes|}}, modern Spanish [[Jerez]] {{IPA|es|xeˈɾeθ|}}.
;[[wikt:sierra|sierra]]: from ''sierra'', a mountain range
;[[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]]: literally "snowy mountains"
;[[siesta]]: from ''siesta'', "nap", from Latin ''Sexta [hora]'' "sixth hour"
;[[silo]]: from ''silo''
;[[sombrero]]: from ''sombrero'' (literally, shade maker), "hat"
;[[stampede]]: from ''estampida''
;[[stevedore]]: from ''estibador'' (literally, one who stuffs), "ship loader"
;[[stockade]]: from a French derivation of the Spanish ''estocada'', "stab"
;[[wikt:suave|suave]]: meaning "charming, confident, and elegant" < latin ''suavis'' "sweet".

== T ==
;[[taco]]: from ''taco'', "plug"<ref>[http://wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=taco "taco"], Wordreference.com translation</ref> or from Portugues ''Bat''
;[[tamale]]: from Spanish ''tamales'', pl. of ''tamal'', from Nahuatl ''tamalli'' meaning dumpling made from corn flour
;[[wikt:Tango|tango]]: from Spanish ''tango''.
;[[tapioca]]: from ''tapioca'', "cassava"
;[[ten-gallon hat]]: from Spanish ''tan galán'' meaning "so gallant (looking)"; alternate theory is the gallon of Texas English here is a misunderstanding of ''galón'' meaning braid
;[[Earthquake|temblor]]: Spanish for trembling, or earthquake; from ''temblar'', to shake, from Vulgar Latin *tremulāre, from Latin ''tremulus''
;[[tequila]]: from ''tequila'', from the town Tequila, where the beverage originated
;[[telenovela]] or telenovella: from ''telenovela'', "soap opera" or to some extent "TV-drama-show"
;[[tilde]]: from ''tilde'' from Spanish ' symbol above some vowels
;[[tobacco]]: from Spanish (Nahuatl influenced) ''tabaco'', "snuff"
;[[tomatillo]]: from Spanish ''tomatillo'', "small tomato" (see [[Physalis philadelphica]])
;[[tomato]]: from Spanish ''tomate'', from Nahuatl ''xitomatl''
;[[Torero (bullfighter)|torero]]: from ''toro'', "bull"
;[[tornado]]: from Spanish ''tronada'', "thunderstorm", influenced by ''tornar'', "to turn"
;[[tortilla]]: from ''tortilla'', literally "small cake". In Mexico is a type of thin flatbread made of finely ground wheat flour. Now is called "omelet" in Spain
;[[tostada (toast)]] and [[tostada (tortilla)]]: from ''tostada'', "toasted"
;[[tuna]]: from Spanish ''atún'', from Arabic تون ''tun'', from [[Latin]] ''thunnus'', from [[Greek language|Greek]] θύννος, ''thynnos'' (=tuna fish)
;[[turista]]: from ''turista'', "tourist" as either gender M/F

== V ==
;[[wikt:vamoose|vamoose]]: from ''vamos'', meaning "let's go"
;[[vanilla]]: from Spanish ''vainilla'', diminutive of Latin ''vaina'', from ''vagina'' meaning "pod"<ref>{{OEtymD|vanilla}}</ref>
;[[vaquero]] : from the Spanish word ''vaquero''
;[[vertigo]]: from the Spanish word ''vértigo''
;[[vicugna]]: via Spanish, from Quechua ''wik'uña''
;[[vigilante]]: from Spanish ''vigilante'', meaning "watchman." < latin ''vigiliā'' "sleepless night, vigil".

== W ==
;[[wop]]: from Italian ''guappone'', from Spanish ''guapo'', "handsome" or "attractive".

== Y ==
;[[yerba buena]]: from Spanish ''yerbabuena'' meaning "good herb" (infused in Tea which has a Mint smell) < latin ''erbam bonam''

== Z ==
;[[Zorro]]: from Spanish ''zorro'', a [[fox]], originally "smart" (according to the Spanish Royal Academy: from the Portuguese "zorro" 'lazy, idle', derived from "zorrar" 'to drag'; cf. occit. mandra 'zorra'; specifically 'mandria, lazy')

== See also ==
{{Portal|Language|Linguistics}}

* [[List of Spanish words of Indigenous American Indian origin]]
* [[List of U.S. place names of Spanish origin]]
* [[List of English–Spanish interlingual homographs]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
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*[http://cvc.cervantes.es/obref/aih/pdf/04/aih_04_2_027.pdf Montague, Artur, ''El elemento español en el vocabulario inglés: prolegómenos a una lista.'' AIH. Actas IV (1971). (in Spanish)]
*[http://www.etymonline.com/ Online Etymology Dictionary]
*[http://www.ezglot.com/etymologies.php?l=eng&l2=spa List of English words of Spanish origin]

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