Spanish words and phrases
Reference list · 6L, 73T
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Vigilante · 7L · Civilian who undertakes law enforcement without legal authority
Poblacion · 11L · Central or downtown area of a Philippine city or municipality
Guerrilla warfare · 5L · Form of irregular warfare
Bucking horse · 6L · Untrained horse or a horse that habitually bucks
Cantina · 7L · Bar
Gringo · 17L · Spanish and Portuguese term for foreigner
Cholo · 15L · a loosely defined Spanish term that has had various meanings
Tortilla · 14L · type of bread
Informatics · 13L · Concept in computer science
Taco · 19L · Mexican dish consisting of a corn or wheat tortilla folded or rolled around a filling, salsa and guacamole
Mustang · 11L · feral domestic horse
Negro · 13L · historical word for black people
Conquistador · 15L · Soldiers and explorers for the Spanish and Portuguese empires
Mestizo · 28L · Term to denote a person with Iberian and Indigenous American blood
Don (honorific) · 18L · Honorific title used in Iberia and Italy
Rodeo · 9L · Competitive sport
Tornado · 13L · Violently rotating column of air in contact with both the earth's surface and a cumulonimbus cloud
Acequia Madre (Santa Fe) · 9L · Historical irrigation ditch in New Mexico
Sangria · 7L · Alcoholic beverage
Síndico Procurador · 14L · Local administrative office in New Spain
Pimiento · 5L · Cultivar of Capsicum annuum
Jalapeño · 12L · Hot pepper
Torta · 10L · broad name for many breads
Corn tortilla · 16L · Unleavened flatbread made from nixtamalized maize
Piñata · 11L · Container often made of papier-mâché, pottery, or cloth
Hidalgo (nobility) · 4L · Members of the Spanish and Portuguese nobility; a nobleman without a hereditary title
Modernismo · 4L · Topic
Cantera · 5L · Youth academy and farm team organised by sports clubs
Marrano · 22L · Jews from the Iberian Peninsula forcibly converted to Catholicism
Sombrero · 6L · Traditional Mexican folk hat
Ejido · 5L · Communal farming unit in Mexico
Relaxado en persona · 12L · euphemism for burnt at the stake
Guiri · 7L · colloquial Spanish slur used in Spain applied to foreigners
Aguardiente · 26L · generic term for distilled alcoholic beverages that contain between 29% and 60% alcohol by volume, especially in the context of the Hispanosphere
¡Ay, caramba! · 11L · phrase; exclamation used in Spanish to denote surprise
Pasodoble · 14L · a fast duple-meter march-like music and its corresponding two-step couple dance
La Niña · 17L · irregularly periodic variation in winds and sea surface temperatures over the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean
Military junta · 7L · government led by a committee of military leaders
Maquiladora · 6L · factory that is largely duty free and tariff-free
Cacique · 12L · Tribal leader
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