Word origins

• CarancasA village in Peru.
• CaraqueñoA person from Caracas.
• Cara SuciaA river in El Salvador.
• CaratacheaA surname.
• CardenaA surname from Spanish.
• cardosantoA Mexican prickly poppy (Argemone mexicana), a hardy plant found in Mexico, with bright yellow latex.
• CareagaA surname.
• CarijonaA South American indigenous group.
• carimanolaA fried South American meat pie with cheese in a torpedo-shaped yuca fritter.
• CarmenateA surname from Spanish.
• Carmen de PatagonesA city in Patagones partido, the southernmost in Buenos Aires province, Argentina.
• carne asadaGrilled, sliced beef steak, as an element of Latin American cuisine.
• carniceriaA Hispanic butcher shop.
• CarniceroA surname from Spanish [in turn originating as an occupation].
• carnitaA Tex-Mex dish featuring large amounts of slow-cooked pork held in a tortilla, similar to a taco.
• Caroline IslandsA widely scattered archipelago of tiny islands in the western Pacific Ocean, to the north of New Guinea, politically divided between the Federated States of Micronesia and Palau.
• carpinteroThe acorn woodpecker, Melanerpes formicivorus, a woodpecker of southwestern North America, noted for its habit of inserting acorns in holes which it drills in trees.
• carraoThe limpkin, a bird.
• Carrera IslandAn island of Trinidad and Tobago.
• carretelaA light horse-drawn carriage or calash.
• Carrizo SpringsA city, the county seat of Dimmit County, Texas, United States.
• CartayaA surname from Spanish.
• cartistIn Spain and Portugal, one who supports the constitution.
• cartoneroA person in Latin America who collects discarded waste, such as cardboard, to reuse or resell.
• CarvalloA surname from Spanish
• CasanasA surname from Spanish.
• Casa RosadaThe Casa Rosada, the official workplace of the Argentinian president.
• cascara sagradaA purgative made from the dried bark of an American buckthorn.
• cascarillaA euphorbiaceous West Indian shrub (Croton eleuteria).
• cascaronAn eggshell filled with confetti to be thrown during balls, carnivals, etc, chiefly in Mexico and the southwestern US.
• CaseresA surname from Spanish.
• CasiquiareA distributary of the upper Orinoco flowing southward into the Rio Negro, in Venezuela.
• casisa Muslim holy man or a saint.
• CastanosA surname from Spanish.
• CasteníAn academic neologism that can be used to refer to a mostly Spanish-based Jopara
• CastilianismHispanicism; the use of a characteristic trait of Castilian Spanish in another language.
• Castilla del OroA former Spanish colony in Central America.
• CastillejoA surname from Spanish.
• castizoThe offspring of a European and a mestizo; someone of three quarters European and one quarter Amerindian ancestry.
• caucheroA worker who gathers rubber.
• caudillismoThe type of government ruled by a caudillo.
• cavalieroA cavalier, gallant, or libertine.
• cavallardA group of horses or mules.
• caveachA fillet of fish, typically mackerel, pickled in vinegar.
• CaveroA surname from Spanish.
• cavyardA herd or group of horses on a ranch.
• Cayman IslandsThree islands constituting an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean Sea.
• Cayo LargoAn island.
• cazo processAn old method for amalgamating metal ores by first boiling in a solution of salt.
• CdeBacaA surname from Spanish.
• CeballoA surname from Spanish.
• CebrerosA surname from Spanish.
• CecotThe Terrorism Confinement Center; a large maximum security prison located in Tecoluca, El Salvador.
• cedulaA community tax certificate, often used as a form of identification in the Philippines.
• ceiboThe tree Erythrina crista-galli.
• celeminA traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 4.6 liters.
• cencerroA cowbell.
• CenicerosA surname from Spanish.
• centesimoA unit of currency constituting one hundredth of a lira.
• centimoA cent, i.e. ¹⁄₁₀₀, of certain (mainly historic) Iberian and Latin American currencies, and presently of the euro (coinage version in Spanish), as a coin or theoretic value.
• Central MassifUrrieles Massif (a massif in Picos de Europa, Cantabrian Mountains, Northern Spain, Spain).
• centzontleA mockingbird.
• CereceresA surname from Spanish.
• ceroonA bale or package, covered or bound with hide, formerly used in Central America.
• CerronA surname from Spanish.
• CervantesqueOf or relating to Miguel de Cervantes or his literary works.
• chacareraA genre of Argentinian and Bolivian folk music, a dance form played by contemporary musicians as soloists or in small ensembles of voice, guitar, violin and bombo drum.
• chacareroA small-scale farmer in South America.
• ChacaritaA neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• cha-chaA ballroom dance to a Latin American rhythm.
• chachalacaAny of several cracid birds, of the genus Ortalis, limited to the Americas, that resemble the guans.
• ChagollaA surname from Spanish.
• ChagoyaA surname.
• ChalatenangoA department of El Salvador.
• ChalchuapaA town in Santa Ana department, El Salvador.
• chalupitaA bite-sized chalupa.
• chamiseAn evergreen shrub native to California, Adenostoma fasciculatum, in the botanical family Rosaceae
• chamisoAn evergreen shrub, Atriplex canescens, found in the southwestern United States.
• chamoyA type of sauce from Mexico made from pickled fruit, chili and other ingredients
• chamoyadaA sweet and spicy type of shaved ice drink prepared with fruit and flavored with chamoy.
• champetaA form of local independent music from Colombia.
• champurradoA traditional chocolate-based atole found in Mexico, containing panela, vanilla, anise and cinnamon.
• chanclaA slipper or flip-flop
• chancletaA slipper or sandal without a heel, such as a flip-flop or mule.
• ChapeltiqueA town in San Miguel department, El Salvador.
• charanguistaSomeone who plays a charango.
• charro beanA pinto bean, as used in Mexican cooking, especially as used to make charro bean soup (a hearty, spicy, smoky soup flavoured with bacon).
• ChatinoA member of an indigenous people of southern central Mexico.
• ChavacanoThe six dialects of the Philippine Creole Spanish spoken in the Philippines.
• ChavanaA surname from Spanish.
• ChavarryA surname from Spanish
• chaveraA female chaver.
• ChavianoA surname from Spanish.
• chavismoA left-wing populist ideology based on the policies of Hugo Chávez (1954–2013), the former president of Venezuela (2002–2013), and the politics of the Bolivarian Revolution (Bolivarianism).
• ChavistaA follower of Hugo Chávez or Chavism.
• ChavollaA surname from Spanish.
• ChavoyaA surname from Spanish.
• ChayucoA town in San Agustín Chayuco, Jamiltepec district, Oaxaca, Mexico.
• chee cheesBreasts, tits, titties. plural of chee chee.
• ChevereA surname.