Word origins

• BulacanA province of Central Luzon, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: Malolos. Largest city: San Jose del Monte.
• latinoamericanoA Latin American.
• ReynosaA city in Tamaulipas, Mexico, located on the Mexico–United States border.
• ObregonA surname from Spanish
• javelinaA peccary (Tayassuidae spp.), especially a collared peccary (Dicotyles tajacu).
• MondragonA surname from Spanish.
• ZarateA surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].
• HenaresA river in Spain, tributary of the Jarama, in the village of Horna, in the province of Guadalajara.
• LucenaA surname from Spanish
• infantaThe daughter of a king in Spain or Portugal.
• camarillaA secret, usually sinister, group of conspiring advisors close to the leadership; a cabal.
• campesinoAn agricultural worker in Latin America.
• TolentinoA surname.
• BayonA surname from Spanish.
• CornejoA surname from Spanish.
• compadreA friend or companion.
• manchegoA firm, compact cheese made in the La Mancha region of Spain, aged for between 60 days and two years and made from the milk of Manchega sheep.
• CavazosA surname from Spanish.
• BollaA surname.
• ConradoA surname.
• telenovelaA television soap opera presented as a miniseries.
• cardonAny of several large columnar cacti mostly of the genus Cereus.
• barillaAny of several not closely related saltmarsh plants that were once burnt to obtain soda ash, such as Soda inermis.
• UrrutiaA surname.
• LilloA surname.
• MoncadaA surname.
• dulcineasweetheart, ladylove
• LoaizaA surname.
• HoyosA surname from Spanish.
• tornilloA small tree of species Prosopis pubescens, native to Mexico and parts of the United States, that has spirally twisted pods.
• vareA wand or staff of authority or justice.
• JujuyA province in northwestern Argentina.
• tandaA turn of dancing in a milonga or tango; a music set or broadcast corresponding to such a turn.
• aguayoA rectangular piece of patterned cloth, used in traditional South American communities to carry children, goods, etc.
• TanoThe Hopi-Tewa people.
• conversaa female converso
• varasA surname from Spanish.
• mantillaA lace veil of Spanish origin worn over a woman's hair and shoulders.
• MinayaA surname from Spanish.
• soleraA method of producing sherry in which small amounts of younger wines stored in an upper tier of casks are systematically blended with the more mature wine in the casks below
• ChimayoA census-designated place in Rio Arriba and Santa Fe counties, New Mexico, United States.
• chichaA fermented beverage from South and Central America, most commonly made from maize, grapes or apples.
• TeideA dormant volcano on Tenerife; the highest mountain in Spain.
• EscuderoA surname from Spanish.
• criolloA member of a social class, in the 16th-century Spanish colonies, who were born in the colonies but had European lineage.
• herraduraA curved masonry wall characteristic of the Ancestral Puebloan road network.
• GispertA surname from Spanish.
• CentenoA surname from Spanish.
• CochitiA people and federally recognized tribe of Pueblo Native Americans in northern New Mexico, speaking a dialect of Eastern Keres.
• PayesA surname from Spanish.
• carambaExclamation of surprise or dismay.; gosh!, darn!
• ChiricahuaA member of a particular Native American tribe.
• barrancaA steep-sided gulch or arroyo; a canyon or ravine.
• capizThe windowpane oyster.
• TarlacA province of Central Luzon, Luzon, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Tarlac City.
• LegaspiA surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].
• MenemA surname from Spanish
• sopeA traditional Mexican food consisting of a masa base with various savory toppings.
• quebradaA ravine or valley in Latin America.
• pitoA type of beer made from fermented millet or sorghum in parts of West Africa.
• AlavaA surname.
• DumagueteA city, the provincial capital of Negros Oriental, Central Visayas, Philippines.
• robleCalifornia white oak (Quercus lobata).
• SaucedoA surname from Spanish.
• QuirosA surname from Spanish.
• aldeaa village
• SurigaoA former province of the Philippines.
• ValerianaAn archaeological site in Campeche, Mexico.
• BicolThe language of the native inhabitants of the region, Bicolano.
• PineroA surname from Spanish.
• OlivasA surname from Spanish.
• tomatilloA plant of the nightshade family originating in Mexico, Physalis philadelphica, cultivated for its tomato-like green to green-purple fruit surrounded by a thin papery skin.
• HilarioA surname from Spanish.
• ayuntamientoA corporation or body of magistrates in cities and towns in Spain, corresponding to mayor and aldermen.
• SoteloA surname from Spanish
• TorrezA surname from Spanish.
• SabaterA surname from Catalan.
• acerolaAny tree of species Malpighia glabra, of the West Indies and northern South America.
• pangaA large broad-bladed knife.
• montonA heap of ore; a mass undergoing the process of amalgamation.
• UxmalAn ancient Maya city of the classical period, located in present-day Mexico.
• YanezA surname from Spanish.
• JoloAn island of the Philippines.
• quinellaA form of bet in which the bettor predicts the first two finishers in a race, without concern for the order of finishing.
• LarreaA surname.
• cucarachaA Mexican ballroom and nightclub dance.
• MendiolaA surname of Basque origin.
• CallejaA surname from Spanish.
• capulinThe Mexican cherry (Prunus serotina subsp. capuli, once Prunus capollin) and Prunus capuli, that yields a sap used in native remedies and has edible cherries of which the kernels of the pits furnish a flour.
• verdinA small, yellow-headed passerine bird, Auriparus flaviceps, endemic to desert areas of the southwestern United States, that is the only species of family Remizidae found in the New World.
• DelacruzA surname from Spanish
• ManriqueA surname from Spanish.
• abuelaA Hispanic grandmother.
• barrancoA gully, gulch, or ravine.
• litoralA province of Equatorial Guinea.
• MagallanesA surname from Spanish.
• amontilladoA pale, dry sherry from Montilla.
• MenesesA surname from Spanish.
• FontanA Fontan procedure.
• ruedasA surname from Spanish.