Word origins

• Santiago TexacuangosA town in San Salvador department, El Salvador.
• Santo TomásA town in San Salvador department, El Salvador.
• Santo Tomás OcotepecA town in Tlaxiaco district, Oaxaca, Mexico.
• SantoyaA surname from Spanish.
• sapodillaA long-lived evergreen tree, Manilkara zapota, native to the New World tropics.
• sapoteThe soft, edible fruit of various South American trees, including the sapodilla.
• SarasolaA surname.
• SarcenoA surname.
• sargoDiplodus sargus, a species of seabream native to the eastern Atlantic and western Indian Oceans.
• SarinanaA surname from Spanish.
• SausalA river in Alameda County, California, United States.
• SausedoA surname from Spanish.
• Savanna-la-MarA town, the parish capital of the parish of Westmoreland, Jamaica.
• SavinonA surname from Spanish.
• scanteThe drug methamphetamine hydrochloride, crystal meth.
• sea catAn octopus (Octopoda spp.).
• SegorbeA municipality in the province of Castellón, Spain; famous for its semana de Toros – “bull-running week” – held every September.
• 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.
• Serpent's MouthA strait in Trinidad and Tobago.
• serrano pepperA chili pepper of species Capsicum annuum.
• 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 BlancaA census-designated place, the county seat of Hudspeth County, Texas, United States.
• Sierra MadreA city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
• Sierra NegraA mountain and extinct volcano in Puebla, Mexico.
• Sierra NevadaA mountain range in Andalusia, Spain.
• SifuentezA surname from Spanish.
• SiguenciaA 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.
• Site QA formerly unidentified archeological site of a Mayan city, identified in the late 1990s and early 2000s as La Corona.
• 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.
• Soldado RockAn island of Trinidad and Tobago.
• 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.
• Southern ConeThe southern portion of South America, consisting of Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, sometimes southern Brazil, São Paulo state and Paraguay.
• SoyapangoA municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador.
• Spanish mestizoA person of mixed ethnic Spanish Filipino and Austronesian Filipino ancestry.
• speakoA mistake made when speaking, for example saying the wrong word accidentally.
• State of MexicoA state of Mexico. Capital: Toluca. The most populous of the 32 federal entities of the country of Mexico, and surrounding Mexico City.
• street tacoA type of open-faced taco with a soft corn tortilla shell, typically sold in street carts.
• stuffing cucumberThe caigua.
• suavoA smooth or cool male.
• SucioA river in El Salvador.
• sudaderoA saddle blanket.
• SumainSomeone who communicates primarily using a sign language.
• SumpulA river in El Salvador.
• super-NiñoAn exceptionally large form of the El Niño invasion of warm water into the surface of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Peru and Ecuador every four to seven years that causes changes in local and regional climate.
• 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.