Spanish Words

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  1. Argentine
    of or relating to or characteristic of Argentina or its people
  2. adios
    a farewell remark
  3. Alamo
    a siege and massacre at a mission in San Antonio in 1836
  4. alligator
    an amphibious reptile related to crocodiles
  5. Amarillo
    a city in the northern panhandle of Texas
  6. anchovy
    small herring-like fish often canned whole or as paste
  7. barrio
    a district in a Spanish-speaking country
  8. bolero
    a Spanish dance in triple time accompanied by guitar
  9. bolivar
    the basic unit of money in Venezuela; equal to 100 centimos
  10. bonanza
    a sudden happening that brings good fortune
  11. bongo
    a small drum; played with the hands
  12. buffalo
    a ruminant mammal resembling an ox
  13. burrito
    a flour tortilla folded around a filling
  14. caroller
    a singer of carols
  15. cabana
    a small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or pool
  16. cafeteria
    a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier
  17. canasta
    a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers
  18. castanets
    pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone made to click together
  19. cedilla
    a diacritical mark (,) placed below the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced as an s
  20. chalaza
    one of two spiral bands of tissue connecting the egg yolk to the enclosing membrane at either end of the shell
  21. chump change
    a trifling sum of money
  22. chinchilla
    small rodent with soft pearly grey fur
  23. cilantro
    Old World herb with aromatic leaves and seed resembling parsley
  24. commandant
    an officer in charge of a military unit
  25. conquistador
    a 16th-century Spanish conqueror of Peru and Mexico
  26. cordovan
    a fine leather originally made in Cordoba, Spain
  27. desperado
    a bold outlaw
  28. disable
    injure permanently
  29. duenna
    a woman chaperon
  30. imbricated
    used especially of leaves or bracts
  31. embargo
    a government order imposing a trade barrier
  32. empanel
    select a group of people for some task
  33. enchilada
    filled tortilla baked in chili-seasoned tomato sauce
  34. fandango
    a provocative Spanish courtship dance in triple time
  35. fiesta
    a public celebration or party
  36. filibuster
    a tactic for delaying legislation by making long speeches
  37. flamenco
    a style of dancing characteristic of the Andalusian Gypsies
  38. flotilla
    a fleet of small craft
  39. gazpacho
    a cold soup made with tomatoes
  40. Cordia
    tropical deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs of the family Boraginaceae
  41. hacienda
    the main house on a ranch or large estate
  42. junco
    small North American finch seen chiefly in winter
  43. junta
    a group of officers who rule a country after seizing power
  44. langouste
    warm-water lobsters without claws
  45. lariat
    a long looped rope used to catch animals
  46. machismo
    exaggerated masculinity
  47. mantilla
    a woman's silk or lace scarf
  48. mariachi
    a group of traditional Mexican folk musicians
  49. mesa
    flat tableland with steep edges
  50. novillero
    a bullfighter who is required to fight bulls less than four years of age
  51. folio
    a book consisting of large sheets of folded paper
  52. oregano
    aromatic Eurasian perennial
  53. peccadillo
    a petty misdeed
  54. picaresque
    (of fiction) involving clever rogues or adventurers
  55. machismo
    exaggerated masculinity
  56. pueblo
    a Native American village in the southwestern United States
  57. punctilio
    a fine point of etiquette or petty formality
  58. quesadilla
    a tortilla that is filled with cheese and heated
  59. Ramadan
    the ninth month of the Islamic calendar
  60. cascade
    a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls
  61. resonator
    an electrical circuit that combines capacitance and inductance in such a way that a periodic electric oscillation will reach maximum amplitude
  62. renegade
    someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw
  63. sarsaparilla
    any of various prickly climbing plants of the tropical American genus Smilax having aromatic roots and heart-shaped leaves
  64. sassafras
    yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America
  65. sierra
    a range of mountains
  66. sombrero
    a straw hat with a tall crown and broad brim
  67. tomatillo
    Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes
  68. tornado
    a violently destructive windstorm occurring over land
  69. tortilla
    thin unleavened pancake made from cornmeal or wheat flour
  70. vanilla
    any of numerous climbing plants having fleshy leaves
  71. vaquero
    a cowboy or cattle driver
  72. vigilante
    a person who takes the law into his or her own hands
Created on Wed Jun 23 23:00:43 EDT 2010

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