Word origins

• seguidillaA lively Spanish dance in triple time.
• SendejasA surname from Spanish.
• SendejoA surname from Spanish.
• señorA Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or an older man.
• señoraA Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married, divorced or widowed woman
• señoritaA young, unmarried woman in or from a Hispanophone community.
• SensembraA town in Morazán department, El Salvador.
• SensunapanA river in El Salvador.
• SensuntepequeA town in Cabañas department, El Salvador.
• SerpasA surname.
• sesmaA traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 13.9 cm.
• SesoriA town in San Miguel department, El Salvador.
• SevillanoA person from Sevilla.
• SexmoanFormer name of Sasmuan: a municipality of Pampanga, Philippines
• ShanchezA surname from Spanish, variant of Sánchez.
• SiargaoAn island of Surigao del Norte, Caraga, Mindanao, Philippines, off the northeast of Mindanao, east of the Dinagat Islands
• SibajaA surname from Spanish.
• sicariaA female sicario; a hitwoman.
• sicariohitman, hired killer (especially when referring to Latin American drug cartels)
• Sierra NegraA mountain and extinct volcano in Puebla, Mexico.
• SifuentezA surname from Spanish.
• SiguenzaA surname from Spanish.
• siguiriyaA deep, expressive form of flamenco music.
• SilboA dialect of Spanish, a variant of the Spanish language that is spoken through whistling. This variant originates from La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain.
• SilerioA surname from Spanish.
• SiliezarA surname from Spanish.
• SinanchéA town in Yucatán, Mexico.
• SinarquismA fascist movement in Mexico during the 1930s and 1940s, with links to the Nazis and the Falangists as well as to the Catholic church.
• sinarquistaA member of Mexico's National Synarchist Union.
• sinsemillaA form of cannabis where only the female is allowed to blossom. Without pollen from the male plant, the female blossoms produce no seeds, forming large panicled flowers.
• SiramaA river in El Salvador.
• sobadorA curandero who specializes in massage.
• SobalvarroA surname from Spanish.
• SoberanoA surname from Spanish.
• sobremesaTime spent at the table after eating; the habit of relaxing at the table after a heavy meal.
• SocarrasA surname from Spanish.
• sofritoA sautéed mixture of chopped onions, garlic, and tomato and/or (chili) peppers, and sometimes carrots, celery, and/or herbs, used as the beginning point of a dish, especially in Hispanic or Portuguese cuisine.
• SolagaA town in Oaxaca, Mexico.
• SolásA surname from Spanish, variant of Solas
• SolåsA surname from Norwegian, variant of Solas
• soldaderaA female soldier in the Mexican Revolution.
• sol de mayoBorrowed from Spanish Sol de Mayo; any instance of a Sol de Mayo, or a sun with a human-like face.
• soneroAn improvising lead singer in salsa music
• Sonoran DesertA desert which covers large parts of the southwestern United States in Arizona and California, and of Northwestern Mexico.
• SonoytaA town in Northern Sonora, Mexico.
• SonsonateA department of El Salvador.
• SonzacateA town in Sonsonate department, El Salvador.
• sopaipaSynonym of sopaipilla.
• sopaipillaA small, crisp, puffy, deep-fried pastry often served with honey.
• sorochealtitude sickness, mountain sickness
• sorrentinosA Argentinian dish similar to ravioli, but larger, more circular and originally wrapped without fluted edge.
• sotolAny of several species of North American desert plants of the genus Dasylirion, of the asparagus family.
• SotosalbosA municipality of Segovia, Castile and León, Spain.
• SoyapangoA municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador.
• suavoA smooth or cool male.
• SucioA river in El Salvador.
• sudaderoA saddle blanket.
• SumpulA river in El Salvador.
• surazoA cold polar wind in parts of South America.
• Surigao del NorteA province of Caraga, Mindanao, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Surigao City.
• Surigao del SurA province of Caraga, Mindanao, Philippines. Capital: Tandag. Largest city: Bislig.
• SuritaA surname from Spanish.
• tabanucoSynonym of candlewood (“the tree Dacryodes excelsa”).
• tabardilloA form of murine typhus that occurs in Mexico.
• TabaresA surname from Spanish.
• tableroA panel or structure perpendicular to the ground and sitting upon the slope of the talud.
• TabordaA surname.
• tahonaA mill for crushing ore, powered by horses or mules.
• taifaA Muslim principality on the Iberian Peninsula during the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries.
• taiqueA South and Central American shrub of the Desfontainia genus.
• talajea kind of tick (Ornithodoros talaje)
• TallaferroA surname from Spanish [in turn from Catalan].
• TalniqueA town in La Libertad department, El Salvador.
• taludAn inward-sloping surface or panel, in talud-tablero architecture.
• tamaleraA person or factory that makes tamales.
• tamaleroOne who makes or sells tamales.
• tamalitoA small tamale
• TamaniqueA town in La Libertad department, El Salvador.
• TamayA surname from Spanish.
• TampeñoA native or inhabitant of Tampa, Florida, especially a Hispanic one.
• TandilA city in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• Tanduaythe isle of Tanduay in San Miguel and Quiapo (formerly towns and now districts of Manila)
• TangamandapioA municipality of Santiago Tangamandapio, Michoacán, Mexico.
• tapaculoAny member of the family Rhinocryptidae of small suboscine passeriform birds found mainly in South America.
• tapaderaOne of the leather hoods that cover the stirrups of a Mexican saddle.
• TapalhuacaA town in La Paz department, El Salvador.
• TapalpaA municipality of Jalisco, Mexico.
• TapanatepecA town in Oaxaca, Mexico.
• TapanesA surname from Spanish.
• tappoonA piece of wood or sheet metal fitted into a ditch to dam up the water so as to overflow and irrigate a field.
• TaracheA surname from Spanish.
• taraquitoThe giant trevally (Caranx ignobilis)
• tasajojerky, dried meat
• TasquilloA town in Hidalgo, Mexico.
• tayraA South American omnivore, Eira barbara, allied to the grison, with a long thick tail.
• TecapánA town in Usulután department, El Salvador.
• TecolucaA town in San Vicente department, El Salvador.
• TecpatánA town in Chiapas, Mexico.
• TejanaA female Texan of Mexican descent.
• tejoloteA stone pestle used in Mexican cuisine, often cylindrical in shape and used with a molcajete.