Word origins

• NoboaA surname from Spanish.
• manguMashed plantain.
• 11-MThe 2004 Madrid train bombings.
• AbañeemeThe Guaraní language of Paraguay, or its ancestor, Old Guarani.
• AbipónA member of an extinct people of Argentina and Paraguay.
• AbonceA surname from Spanish.
• AbrahanA male given name from Spanish.
• AbreoA surname from Spanish.
• AbrigoA surname from Spanish.
• AbundezA surname from Spanish.
• AcajutlaA town in Sonsonate department, El Salvador.
• acanaA tree from the West Indies that was valued for its wood and was one of two species, Manilkara valenzuelana or Manilkara bidentata, both from the Sapotaceae family.
• AcayucanA city in Veracruz, Mexico.
• AcebedoA surname from Spanish.
• AceboA surname from Spanish.
• AcelhuateA river in El Salvador.
• achoqueThe Lake Patzcuaro salamander (Ambystoma dumerilii).
• acocilA kind of crayfish (Cambarellus montezumae).
• AcordaA surname from Spanish
• adarmeA traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 1.8 g.
• -adeUsed to form nouns denoting action, or a person performing said action.
• adecoA member of Democratic Action, a Venezuelan political party.
• adelantadilloA Spanish red wine made of the first ripe grapes.
• adelantadoA title bestowed by the king on certain nobles in the 15th-17th centuries, who granted them governorship of a province or charged them with conquering a foreign territory
• adiveThe golden jackal; a smaller sort of jackal, sometimes domesticated.
• AdolphoA male given name from Italian or from Spanish [in turn from the Germanic languages], of rare usage, variant of Adolfo.
• AdvinculaA surname from Spanish.
• AedoA surname from Spanish.
• afrancesadoAn Iberian who supported the French during the Peninsular War.
• Afro-EcuadorianA person who is both Ecuadorian and black.
• aftosafoot-and-mouth disease
• agaritaA rounded evergreen barberry, Mahonia trifoliolata, native to the United States and Mexico, or its berry.
• aggrupationA group, an organization.
• agritoA Mexican shrub of species Berberis trifolia.
• Agua CalienteA town in Chalatenango department, El Salvador.
• aguachileA Mexican dish of shrimp submerged in liquid seasoned with chili peppers, lime juice, etc.
• agua de jamaicaA beverage made from the roselle plant's sepals, usually an infusion or a soda.
• aguamielThe sap of the Mexican maguey plant.
• aguardienteA kind of brandy made in Spain and Portugal.
• agudizationExacerbation, worsening.
• AguilaresA city in San Salvador department, El Salvador.
• AguiluzA surname from Spanish.
• AguinagaA surname.
• AguinigaA surname from Spanish.
• AgundezA surname from Spanish.
• Agusan del NorteA province of Caraga, Mindanao, Philippines. Capital: Cabadbaran. Largest city: Butuan.
• Agusan del SurA province of Caraga, Mindanao, Philippines. Capital: Prosperidad. Largest city: Bayugan.
• AhuachapánA department of El Salvador.
• ahuehueteA Montezuma cypress (Taxodium mucronatum)
• airampoThe erect prickly pear Opuntia stricta.
• AispuroA surname.
• AjanelA surname from Spanish.
• ajiacoA chicken and potato stew of Latin America.
• ajimezA bifora, in Spanish Moorish architecture.
• alabadoA Mexican Catholic devotional hymn.
• AlatorreA surname from Spanish.
• ÁlavaA province of the Basque Country, Spain.
• AlayonA surname from Spanish.
• AlbalaA surname from Spanish.
• AlbarranA surname from Spanish.
• Albicelestethe Argentina national football team
• AlbiterA surname from Spanish.
• albondigaA Spanish or Latin American variety of meatball.
• albriciasA sum of money paid as a reward to the bearer of good news.
• alcaideThe governor or commander of a Spanish or Portuguese fortress or prison.
• alcannaA Bush, henna (Lawsonia inermis).
• AlcantarA surname from Spanish.
• alcarrazaa jug, pitcher, etc. made of porous earthenware.
• AlcauterA surname from Spanish.
• alcavalaIn Spain, a tax levied on transactions involving property movable or immovable.
• AlcivarA surname from Spanish.
• AlcorcónA city in Spain, southwest of Madrid.
• alcorzaA paste of sugar and starch, used in making sweets.
• AlcubierreA surname from Spanish.
• AldabaA surname.
• AldapeA surname.
• aldayFor the whole day; all day.
• alebrijeA brightly-colored Mexican handcrafted sculpture usually made from papier-mâché or wood depicting a fantastical animal.
• AlegranzaAn island of the Canary Islands.
• AlegríaA town in Usulután department, El Salvador.
• AlejandrezA surname from Spanish.
• alfajorA popular confection in South America usually made of flour, honey, and nuts and filled with a milk-based filling. Traditionally the filling was manjar blanco, but today it is typically dulce de leche.
• alfaquiAn Islamic cleric, an expert in Islamic law and jurisprudence, especially in medieval and early modern Spain.
• alférezIn some Spanish-speaking countries, a junior-ranking officer in the military.
• alfilA fairy chess piece that moves two squares diagonally, leaping over any intermediary pieces.
• alfilariacommon storksbill (Erodium cicutarium), a flowering plant of the family Geraniaceae.
• alfilerilloMachaonia woodburyana, a plant in the family Rubiaceae.
• alfizIn Mozarabic architecture, moulding which encloses the outward side of an arch.
• alforjaA saddlebag.
• algarobaThe carob, a leguminous tree of the Mediterranean region.
• algarrobillaAstringent resinous husks and seeds of several species of leguminous trees or shrubs of South America, which are an article of commerce for their value in tanning and dyeing
• algodoncilloBauhinia picta, a fabaceous plant found in Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela.
• AlipioA surname from Spanish.
• aljamiadoText of non-Semitic languages, especially European languages, written in Arabic letters.
• almadrabaA Mediterranean fishing technique for catching Atlantic bluefin tuna consisting of suspending nets in walls that guide the fish to a central net trap where they are caught for slaughter.
• almagraRuddle (red ochre), found in Spain.
• AlmarioA surname from Spanish.
• almendronThe brazil nut tree.
• AlmeríaA city and municipality, the capital of the province of Almería, Andalusia, Spain.
• almiquiAtopogale cubana, a soricomorph endemic to Cuba, unusual among mammals in having venomous saliva.