Words derived from the Spanish Language

Published: Monday, 05 June 2017

The above categories of the international words are identified according to their grammatical context (parts of speech) or some other characteristics mostly associated with their meaning.

  However, we could also categorize these words taking under consideration that they are known to us either by the fact that they are derived from Spanish or because they are in widespread use mostly known from  TV, radio, computer or they are loan words.

 

WORDS DERIVED FROM THE SPANISH

 

LANGUAGE

 

 

A

activities

action

actor

adult

adventure

agenda

agent

air

alarm

allergic

anaconda

animal

anniversary

aroma

artist

artificial

atmosphere

attention

association

B

bank

base

bar

biography

blouse

bottle 

bravo

brilliant

 

C

cafeteria

camera

canal

capital

captain

celebrate (to)

celebration

ceramic

cereal

characteristic

chimney

chimpanzee

chocolate

circle

circular

circulation

civil

civilization

class

classification

comic

concentration

conservation

constitution

collaboration

collection

color

coma

conclusion

control

coyote

crisis

crocodile

cultural

curious

 

D

debate

decision

delicious

diagonal

direction

director

disappear (to)

distance

division

doctor

dragon

drama

 

 

E

electric

electronic

elemental

elephant

energy

enigma

enormous

enter (to)

escape (to)

especially

exact

exclusive

excursion

experimental

explosion

exterior

extraordinary

  

F

familiar

factor

fantastic

favorable

favourite

final

flexible

formal

funeral 

frontal

fruit

 

G

galaxy

gas

general

giraffe

global

golf

gorilla

guacamole

group

 

H

habitual

helicopter

hippopotamus

history

honor

horrible

horizontal

horror

hospital

hotel

hour

human

 

I

idea

ideal

iguana

imagine (to)

imperial

important

independence

individual

industrial

inevitable

information

insects

inseparable

inspector

inseparable

intelligence

interesting

introduce

introduction

invasion

invisible

irregular

invent (to)

investigate (to)

invitation

invite (to)

 

J

jaguar

judicial

 

K

kilo

 

L

laser

lemon

leopard

lesson

limit

lion

liquid 

list

literature

local

 

 

M

magic

mango

manual

map

material

medal

medieval

memory

mental

menu

metal

million

moral

mosquito

motor

musical

mysterious

minute

moment

monument

music

 

 

N

nation

native

natural

nature

nervous

no

normal

number

numerous

 

 

O

oasis

object

observe

occasion

ocean

offer

opinion

opposite

or

oral

order

ordinary

organic

oriental

original

 

 

P

panorama

paper

park

part

particular

pasta

peculiar

penguin

perfect

perfume

permanent

personal

photo

piano

pirate

plan

plants

planet

plastic

plural

poetic

police

popular

primary

principal

probable

product

protector

public

puma

practice

prepare (to)

present (to)

problema

professional

 

Q

quality

quiet

 

 

R

eadio

real

reduce

eegular

repeat

responsible

restaurant

result

rich

 

 

S

secret

similar

simple

singular

social

special

stomach

study (to)

surprise

 

T

taxi

telephone

television

telescope

temperature

terror

theater

tomato

tornado

total

totally

tourist

traffic

train

tropical

trumpet

  

U

uniform

niversal

usual

 

V

vanilla

vegetables

verbal

version

vertical

victory 

violin

virus

visible

visit (to)

visual

vocabulary

vote (to)

 

X

xylophone

 

 Y

yo-yo

  

Z

zero

zoo