Word origins

• GaldosA surname from Spanish
• gallipatoThe Iberian ribbed newt (Pleurodeles waltl)
• galponA kind of stone-walled building with a wooden door frame.
• gambadoEither of a pair of protective leather gaiters on a saddle.
• ganancialRelating to, or held under, the Spanish system of law that controls the title and disposition of the property acquired during marriage by the husband or wife.
• gantaA unit of volume equivalent to eight chupas.
• ganzaA kind of wild goose, by a flock of which a virtuoso was fabled to be carried to the lunar world.
• GaonaA surname.
• garapataA kind of wood tick.
• GaravitoA surname from Spanish.
• GarcilazoA surname from Spanish.
• GarmendiaA surname.
• garuaA very fine, almost invisible mist or drizzle that visits the Andean region, especially Ecuador and Peru.
• Gaspar GrandeAn island of Trinidad and Tobago.
• Gasparilla IslandAn island on the west coast of Florida, United States; a barrier island.
• GasparilloA town in Couva-Tabaquite-Talparo, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago.
• Gasparillo IslandAn island off the west coast of Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago.
• gauchesqueOf or relating to the literary style associated with the gauchos.
• GaunaA surname.
• GavaldonA surname from Spanish.
• gayelleAn informal stage or arena, as for cockfighting or stickfighting.
• GaztambideA surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].
• gibaroThe offspring of a Spaniard and a Native American.
• GijónA city on the coast of Asturias, in northwestern Spain.
• GoascoránA river in El Salvador.
• GoâveA former city of the French colony of Sainte-Domingue, divided into the present-days communes of Petit-Goâve and Grand-Goâve.
• GodinoA surname.
• gofioFlour made from roasted grains or other starchy plants, a staple in the Canary Islands.
• golazoA spectacular goal
• golillaA stiff linen collar once worn in Spain.
• GómezA town in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• gordoloboAny plant of species Bocconia frutescens.
• GorostietaA surname.
• graciosoA court favourite.
• GradillaA surname from Spanish.
• GradillasA surname from Spanish.
• GrajalesA surname from Spanish.
• Gran ChacoA sparsely populated, hot and semiarid lowland natural region of the Río de la Plata basin, divided among eastern Bolivia, western Paraguay, northern Argentina, and a portion of the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul.
• Gran ColombiaA former country in South America, that existed from 1819 to 1831.
• granillaSmall grains or dust of cochineal.
• green jokeA joke about sex, (a dirty joke) or feces; toilet humor.
• grenadoA grenade (weapon).
• GrisalesA surname from Spanish.
• group of deathA group in a multi-stage tournament which is unusually competitive, because the number of strong competitors in the group is greater than the number of qualifying places available for the next phase of the tournament.
• grulloA colouring of horses characterized by smoky or mouse-colored hairs on the body, often with shoulder and dorsal stripes and black barring on the lower legs.
• gruperoA kind of Mexican pop music.
• guacoAny of various vine-like climbing plants of Central and South America and the West Indies, including Mikania and Aristolochia species, reputed to have curative powers.
• GuacotectiA town in Cabañas department, El Salvador.
• GuadaleteA river in Cádiz, Spain.
• GuadamuzA surname from Spanish.
• GuadianA surname from Spanish.
• GuadronA surname from Spanish.
• guaguancoA subgenre of Cuban rumba, a complex rhythmic music and dance style.
• guaiacumAny of a number of species of tree of the genus Guaiacum, native to the West Indies and parts of the Americas.
• guajeAn edible seed of Leucaena esculenta.
• guajilloA variety of chili, a dried mirasol.
• GualococtiA town in Morazán department, El Salvador.
• GuamúchilA city in Sinaloa, Mexico, and the municipal seat of Salvador Alvarado.
• guanabanaThe soursop or custard apple.
• Guantanamo BayA bay in Southeast Cuba.
• guapoteParachromis managuensis, a cichlid fish native to Nicaragua.
• guarachaA genre of Cuban popular music with rapid tempo and lyrics.
• guaraguaored-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
• guaraníThe currency of Paraguay, divided into 100 céntimos.
• guaraniaA style of music from Paraguay, generally in a minor key.
• GuarañolUsually refers to a Jopara mixture mostly based on Guarani.
• GuarnerosA surname from Spanish.
• GuatajiaguaA town in Morazán department, El Salvador.
• GuatemaltecanSynonym of Guatemalan.
• guayabaThe guava (tree or fruit).
• guayabiA large, frond-bearing South American tree, Cordia americana, or its valuable wood.
• guayacanin genus Guaiacum (lignum vitae)
• GuaymangoA town in Ahuachapán department, El Salvador.
• guayusaA tree native to the Amazon Rainforest, Ilex guayusa, whose leaves contain caffeine and are brewed like a tea for their stimulative effect.
• guazilSynonym of vizier.
• GudinoA surname from Spanish.
• guerrilleraA female guerrilla fighter.
• guerrilleroA guerrilla fighter.
• GuevarraA surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].
• guevedoceIn the Dominican Republic, a person born with male gonads, but who appears to have female external genitalia, as a result of a 5-alpha-reductase deficiency.
• GüijaA lake in El Salvador and Guatemala.
• GuijarroA surname from Spanish.
• guindillaA kind of chili pepper from the Basque region.
• güiraA percussion instrument from the Dominican Republic.
• guitarrónAny of several stringed instruments of Latin American origin.
• Gulf of PanamaA gulf off the southern coast of Panama, where most of eastern Panama's southern shores adjoin it.
• gwopMoney, moola.
• hacendadoThe owner of a hacienda.
• hacienderohacienda owner; plantation owner; farming estate owner
• hackamoreA kind of bridle with no bit.
• harnizoA person of approximately two-thirds European and one-third Amerindian descent.
• hasta la vistaSee you later.
• HatagueA surname from Spanish.
• hayhennyA small biting midge (especially in Latin America); a noseeum.
• HechavarriaA surname.
• heladoSpanish or Latin American ice cream.
• hembraA female llama.
• heminaA Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of ⁵⁄₆ Roman pound of wine, equivalent to around 0.27 L.
• hemodonationDonation of blood.
• henequenA tropical American agave, Agave fourcroydes, whose thick, sword-shaped leaves yield a coarse reddish fibre used in making rope etc.