List of Hispanisms

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This is a list of Hispanisms ; H. of words of Spanish and Latin American origin that are used in the German language:

A.

Adios - Adobe (Arabic) - Aficionado - Aioli - Alcove (Arabic) - Alligator - Alpaca - Armada - Aviso

B.

Barge - Bastonade - bizarre (probably originally Basque) - Bolero - Bonanza - Brigade

C.

Cafeteria - Calamares - Caldera - Canasta - Cha-Cha-Cha - Chaconne - Chica - Chihuahua (indigenous origin) - Chinchilla (indigenous origin) - Coca (indigenous origin)

D.

Demarcation - Dengue - disparat - Don , Doña - doubloon

E.

El Niño - Eldorado - Embargo

F.

Fandango - Fanfare - Fiesta - Finca - Fleet - Flotilla

G

Gala - gaiter - garrotte - guitar - guano - guerilla (from guerrilla to French guérilla ) - guerrilla - free - guanaco

I.

Indigo - Infantry

K

Caiman - Cocoa (of indigenous origin) - Calabash - Camarilla - Comrade - Canary - Cannibal - Caramel - Karacho - Kargo - Kasko - Castanets - Cavalier - Knaster - Compliment - Condor - Creole

L.

La Niña - La Ola - Lama - Lasso - Liberal - League - Lime

M.

Machete - maize (indigenous origin) - mongoose - matador - mate (indigenous origin) - mayonnaise - molasses - merino - mulatto

N

Nachos - negroes

P

Paella - parry - platinum - board

Q

Quadrille - Quechua (indigenous origin) - Quesadilla - Quinoa (indigenous origin)

R.

romance

S.

Salsa - Sarabande - Sassafras - Chocolate (of indigenous origin) - Serenade - Siesta - Silo - Sombrero

T

Tobacco (of indigenous origin) - Taco (of indigenous origin) - Tapas - Tequila - Tomato (of indigenous origin) - Torero - Tortilla - Bridle

V

Vanilla - vicuna

X

Ximénez (alcoholic drink)

Y

Yucca ( yucca palm) (of indigenous origin)

Z

Cigarillo - cigar

See also

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