Word origins

• encenilloWeinmannia tormentosa, a tree native to the Andean region of Colombia.
• encierroA bull run, usually one held in Spain.
• encomenderoThe holder of an encomienda.
• encomiendaA system in Spain and, later and more extensively, in Spanish colonies, in which the right to exploit the labour of certain groups of subject people (initially, Muslims, during the Reconquista) was granted to conquerors; servitude within this system.
• engordacabraDalea bicolor, a leguminous shrub of Mexico.
• enramadaA shelter made with tree branches.
• ensaladaA genre of polyphonic secular music mixing languages and dialects and nonsensical quodlibets.
• Entre RíosA province of Argentina.
• enyayThe name of the Latin script letter Ñ/ñ.
• epazoteA pungent herb used in Latin-American cooking and tea making, and in folk medicine; Dysphania ambrosioides.
• EquatoguineanEquatorial Guinean
• EreguayquínA town in Usulután department, El Salvador.
• erizoA sea urchin (Echinoidea spp.).
• ErnandezA surname from Spanish.
• ESBKThe Spanish Superbike Championship (Spain)
• escabecheA dish of fish (or sometimes chicken) first fried then marinated in a spiced vinegar and served cold.
• EscanoA surname.
• EscarcegaA surname.
• EscatelA surname from Spanish.
• EscontriasA surname from Spanish.
• escopetA kind of short rifle, like a carbine, used in Latin America.
• EscorciaA surname from Spanish.
• escrupuloA traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 1.2 g and chiefly used for medicines.
• EscuintenangoA former town in Chiapas, Mexico.
• EslavaA surname.
• Esmeralda CountyOne of 16 counties in Nevada, United States. County seat: Goldfield.
• EspaillatA surname from Spanish.
• EspañolSpanish, in the Spanish language.
• EspañolaA Spanish woman.
• EspejelA surname from Spanish.
• EspindolaA surname.
• espinilloVachellia caven, a South American tree.
• EsquedaA surname from Spanish.
• esquitesA Mexican snack or antojito made from white corn kernels that have been boiled and softened in water, which typically contains salt and epazote.
• EsquiviasA surname from Spanish.
• estadalA traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 3.3 m.
• estafafraud, con
• estafiateA silver wormwood (Artemisia ludoviciana).
• EstalaA surname.
• estancieroThe boss or supervisor in charge of the workers on an estancia.
• EstanzuelasA town in Usulután department, El Salvador.
• EstigarribiaA surname.
• EstudilloA surname from Spanish.
• EtarraA member of the Basque terrorist nationalist organization ETA.
• EthpañaSpain
• EtlatongoA town in Oaxaca, Mexico.
• EturaA surname from Spanish.
• EufracioA surname from Spanish.
• exactamundoExactly.
• fabotherapicSynonym of fabotherapeutic.
• fabotherapyTreatment involving the use of antivenom developed using fragment antigen-binding.
• faenaA series of passes performed by a matador with a muleta or a sword before the kill.
• fairmaidA mermaid from a blackwater creek or river.
• fajaA type of waist trainer or corset used to shape the waist.
• FalangeA Spanish fascist movement active in the 1930s until its dissolution in 1977.
• FaleroA surname from Spanish.
• FandinoA surname from Spanish [in turn from Galician].
• fanegaA traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, chiefly used for grain and roughly equivalent to a bushel.
• fanegadaSynonym of fanega (“traditional Spanish unit of volume, mass, or land area”).
• Farallon RockAn island of Trinidad and Tobago.
• FarizaA municipality of Zamora, Spain.
• farolitoSmall paper lantern, especially in northern New Mexico, United States.
• FeijooA surname from Spanish [in turn from Galician].
• FerezA surname from Spanish.
• FerretizA surname from Spanish.
• FerrufinoA surname from Spanish.
• fiadorA collar worn by a horse, immediately behind the head, to which a handle, strap, or rope may be attached.
• fidelistaA political supporter of Fidel Castro (1926–2016), Cuban politician and revolutionary.
• fiestavalA Latin American cultural festival.
• fiesteroThe person who organizes a fiesta (religious festival).
• FigueroA surname from Spanish.
• fileteadoA type of artistic drawing and lettering, incorporating brightly coloured stylised lines, flowers and climbing plants, particularly associated with the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• filinA genre that emerged in late 1940s in Havana, influenced by the melodic and expressive style of vocal jazz.
• Filipin@A Filipino (“m”) or Filipina (“f”).
• FilipinxA Filipina or Filipino (of any gender).
• FilpoA surname from Spanish.
• firelandLand that is characterized by, or has been degraded by, fires.
• fizgigA flirtatious, coquettish girl, inclined to gad or gallivant about; a gig, a giglot, a jillflirt.
• flakkaThe stimulant drug alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone or alpha-PVP.
• FleitesA surname from German.
• FlorescaA surname from Spanish.
• FloridoA surname from Spanish.
• FloritaA female given name from Spanish.
• foquismSynonym of focalism (“revolutionary strategy”).
• frailejonA northern South American shrub of the genus Espeletia
• Fray BentosA city, the capital of Río Negro department, Uruguay.
• FrescasA surname from Spanish.
• friajeSynonym of surazo.
• frijolAny cultivated bean of the genus Phaseolus, especially the black seed of a variety of Phaseolus vulgaris.
• frijolilloTexas mescal bean (Dermatophyllum secundiflorum)
• Frio CountyOne of 254 counties in Texas, United States. County seat: Pearsall.
• frontenisA racquet sport played on a short pelota court.
• fueroA code; a charter; a grant of privileges.
• FujimoristaA supporter of Albert Fujimori.
• fumadoa smoked fish, especially a pilchard
• fundidomelted
• fútbolFootball (soccer)
• galacticoA football superstar.
• Galapagos IslandsAn archipelago off the coast of Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean, famed for their influence on Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection.
• GaldamezA surname.