Word origins

• almogavarA lightly-clad footsoldier during the Christian reconquest of Islamic Spain.
• AlmohadOf or relating to the doctrine and movement founded in 12th-century Morocco by Ibn Tumart.
• AlmoravidA member of a Berber dynasty that started in 11th-century Morocco.
• almudA traditional Spanish and Portuguese unit of dry measure or volume, highly variable by region and substance but often equivalent to about 4.6 liters (one celemin).
• alpagatA kind of sandal, alpargata.
• alpargataSynonym of espadrille.
• al pastorOf (tacos of) typically pork, or sometimes another meat or dish: grilled on a spit, and flavored with chiles, spices, and pineapple.
• AlphonzoA male given name from Italian or from Spanish [in turn from the Germanic languages], of rare usage, variant of Alfonso.
• AlpuenteA city in Valencia, Spain.
• alquerqueAn ancient strategy board game, an ancestor of checkers, thought to have originated in the Middle East.
• Alta CaliforniaA geographic region of New Spain, later Mexico, which today roughly comprises the U.S. states of California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona.
• alumbradoA practitioner of a mystical form of Christianity in Spain during the 15th and 16th centuries.
• AlzamoraA surname from Spanish.
• AmescuaA surname.
• AmezcuaA surname.
• AmezolaA surname.
• AmigonA surname from Spanish.
• AmparanA surname from Spanish.
• AmuzgoOne of an indigenous people of Guerrero and Oaxaca, Mexico.
• AnahiA Spanish female given name from Spanish.
• AnaliaA female given name.
• AnamorósA town in La Unión department, El Salvador.
• AnchondoA surname.
• anchovetaAn anchovy of species Engraulis ringens, from the southern Pacific.
• AndalonA surname from Spanish.
• andelehurry up; come on; get a move on
• AndujoA surname from Spanish.
• añejoA tequila or rum which has been aged.
• AnezA surname from Spanish.
• AngatA municipality of Bulacan, Philippines.
• angonA type of javelin with a barbed tip, used by the Franks and the various Germanic tribes in the Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages.
• AnnobónAn island and province of Equatorial Guinea, lying in the Gulf of Guinea.
• Antártica ChilenaA province of Chile. Capital and largest city: Puerto Williams.
• anticuchoA grilled and seasoned piece of meat, especially beef heart, of a kind popular in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador.
• Antiguo CuscatlánA town in La Libertad department, El Salvador.
• AnzaldoA surname from Spanish.
• AnzoáteguiA state of Venezuela. Capital: Barcelona.
• AnzuresA surname from Spanish.
• AoYA surname from Spanish
• ApanecaA town in San Salvador department, El Salvador.
• aparejoA kind of packsaddle formerly used in the United States military, and in Latin America, made of leather stuffed with hay, moss, or similar substances.
• ApastepequeA town in San Vicente department, El Salvador.
• ApolinarioA surname from Spanish.
• aporophobiaThe fear of poverty or poor people; antipathy toward them both.
• apostoladoA series of portraits of the apostles, sometimes also including those of Jesus Christ or other close disciples of Christ.
• ApurímacA region of Peru.
• AracelisA female given name from Spanish.
• araguaneyThe tree Handroanthus chrysanthus.
• ArambalaA town in Morazán department, El Salvador.
• AranasA surname from Spanish.
• ArancibiaA surname.
• aranzadaA traditional Spanish unit of land area, equivalent to about 4472 m², chiefly used for vineyards and olive groves.
• AraucanizationThe process of expansion of the Mapudungun language and other elements of the Mapuche culture from its homeland Araucania into the plains of Patagonia, so as to assimilate such other native Amerindian peoples as the Puelches and Tehuelches.
• ArauzA surname.
• ArbaizaA surname.
• ArbelaezA surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].
• ArbeloA surname from Spanish.
• ArbizuA surname.
• ArcataoA town in Chalatenango department, El Salvador.
• ArceagaA surname from Spanish
• ArchibequeA surname.
• ArcigaA surname from Spanish.
• ArciniegaA surname.
• ArenivasA surname from Spanish.
• arepaA type of cornbread originating from the northern Andes and resembling a tortilla.
• ArgoteA surname.
• ArismendezA surname from Spanish.
• AristizabalA surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].
• AristyA surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].
• ArizagaA surname.
• ArizolaAn unincorporated place in Arizona, United States.
• ArizpeA surname.
• armadillaA small armada.
• ArmenterosA surname from Spanish.
• armónicoA stringed instrument with seven strings in six courses and one string (the middle one) doubled; it is structurally a combination of a guitar and a tres.
• ArocheA surname from Spanish.
• ArosteguiA surname from Spanish.
• arpilleraA patchwork picture made predominantly by women in Chile, especially as a form of underground protest during the military dictatorship (1973–90) of Augusto Pinochet.
• arrastraA device formerly used by gold-miners for grinding auriferous quartz, crudely resembling a mortar and pestle, with the crushing element dragged around by horse or mule.
• ArreagaA surname from Spanish.
• ArriazaA surname.
• arrieroA person who transports goods using pack animals.
• ArrillagaA surname.
• ArrizonA surname from Spanish.
• ArronaA surname.
• ArroyaveA surname.
• arroz caldoarroz caldo (Filipino rice porridge casserole rice and chicken gruel)
• arroz con lechea Spanish dessert made with rice, milk and sugar, similar to rice pudding
• arroz con polloA traditional dish of Spain and Latin America, made with chicken and rice and closely related to paella.
• ArtolaA surname.
• ArvayoA surname from Spanish.
• ArzagaA surname.
• ArzuagaA surname.
• AscencionA surname from Spanish.
• asopaoA kind of stew from Puerto Rico.
• AsunciónThe capital and largest city of Paraguay.
• atabalA kettledrum; a kind of tabor used by the Moors.
• atajoA train of mules or horses.
• ataque de nerviosA psychological syndrome among Iberian-descended cultures, involving uncontrollable screaming or shouting, crying, trembling, sensations of heat rising in the chest and head, dissociative experiences, and verbal or physical aggression.
• AtaydeA surname from Spanish.