Word origins

• tominA traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 0.6 g.
• TonacatepequeA town in San Salvador department, El Salvador.
• toneladaA traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 920 kg.
• tontipopa Spanish genre and scene which draws directly from British twee pop, as well as yé-yé, bubblegum, and synthpop.
• toquiA Mapuche war chief.
• toquillaThe Panama hat palm.
• TorielloA surname from Asturian.
• TorolaA town in Morazán department, El Salvador.
• torrijaA traditional Spanish and Latin American variant of French toast, prepared by soaking slices of bread in milk or wine, coating them in beaten egg, and then frying them in oil.
• torsaloA parasitic fly, Dermatobia hominis, which lives as a larva in the skin of mammals, including humans, and uses mosquitoes as a vector.
• torta ahogadaA kind of Mexican submarine sandwich which is served totally or partially submerged in a spicy chili sauce.
• tortilladoraA tortilla press.
• TorunoA surname from Spanish.
• TosadoA surname from Spanish.
• tostadoToasted corn kernels, eaten as a snack.
• tostitoA tortilla chip of the Tostitos brand.
• tostoneA Mexican dish of fried, sliced unripe plantain.
• TotaticheA town in Jalisco, Mexico.
• TotonacA member of a people who resided in the eastern coastal and mountainous regions of Mexico at the time of the Spanish arrival in 1519, and who now reside in the states of Veracruz, Puebla, and Hidalgo.
• TotonicapánA city in Guatemala.
• trajineraA type of small colourful boat maneuverered with a pole
• transgendercideThe killing of a transgender person or transgender people collectively because of their gender, especially when motivated by transphobia.
• trapicheA mill made of wooden rollers used to extract juice from fruit, originally olives, or from sugar cane.
• traqueroA male Mexican-American railroad track worker.
• TrejosA surname from Spanish.
• TrellesA surname from Spanish.
• TreminioA surname from Spanish.
• Tres CrucesA town and municipality in Humahuaca department, Jujuy province, Argentina.
• tresilloA type of Latin American musical rhythm consisting of three-beat units.
• tres lechesThree-milk cake.
• tripulantA passenger or stowaway; especially, a Jewish emigrant during the Spanish Inquisition.
• TrivinoA surname from Spanish.
• trochaA line of fortifications, usually rough, constructed to prevent the passage of an enemy across a region.
• truckonautOne of the Cubans who adapted a truck to act as a boat and used it to sail to the USA.
• tsantsaA shrunken head made by the Shuar and related people of South America.
• tuco-tucoAny of the caviomorph South American rodents of the genus Ctenomys, which have a large head, small ears, and hairy tail.
• TucumánA landlocked province towards the north of Argentina.
• TuguegaraoA city, the capital of the province of Cagayan and the region of Cagayan Valley, Luzon, Philippines.
• tumbagaA gold-copper alloy used by the pre-Columbian cultures of Central America to make religious objects.
• tumbaoThe basic rhythm played on the conga drum and the bass in Afro-Cuban music.
• TupungatoA massive Andean lava dome dating to Pleistocene times, located on the Argentina–Chile border.
• turbinadoA type of sugar made from the extract of sugar cane
• TurínA town in Ahuachapán department, El Salvador.
• turronA Spanish form of nougat made from almonds and honey.
• UluazapaA town in San Miguel department, El Salvador.
• UnanueA surname from Spanish.
• United Mexican StatesOfficial name of Mexico: a country in North America.
• UnzuetaA surname.
• Upper PeruA historical region of colonial South America corresponding to present-day Bolivia.
• uraoThe mineral trona.
• UrbaezA surname from Spanish.
• UrbietaA surname.
• UrendaA surname.
• UretaA surname.
• UrgilesA surname.
• UrietaA surname.
• UriosteA surname.
• UriosteguiA surname.
• UristaA surname.
• UrizarA surname.
• UrquidezA surname.
• UrquidiA surname.
• UrquijoA surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].
• UrquillaA surname.
• UrquizaA surname.
• UrquizoA surname.
• UrsuaA surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].
• UrueñaA village in the province of Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain.
• UruetaA surname.
• UrzuaA surname.
• UscangaA surname.
• UsedaA surname from Spanish.
• UsulutánA department of El Salvador.
• Uvalde CountyOne of 254 counties in Texas, United States. County seat: Uvalde.
• uveroSea grape (Coccoloba uvifera)
• ValdespinoA surname from Spanish.
• vallenatoA popular style of folk music from Colombia.
• ValtierraA surname.
• VaqueraA surname from Spanish.
• vaquitaA critically endangered porpoise, the smallest of its kind, of species Phocoena sinus, endemic to the northern part of the Gulf of California, Mexico.
• varguenoA decorative cabinet of a kind originating near Toledo in Spain, having a rectangular body supported on legs or an ornamental framework, and a front that opens downwards on hinges to serve as a writing desk.
• VasconezA surname from Spanish.
• VeladorA surname from Spanish.
• veletaA dance to waltz music in triple time.
• vellonAn old Spanish coin made from copper-based billon.
• ventannaA window.
• VeraguasA province of Panama.
• VerdadismA style of art that juxtaposes figurative abstract paintings with written social commentary drawing from personal experiences.
• VerdeciaA surname from Spanish.
• Verde MaryAn alcoholic cocktail using juiced and pulped green tomatillos in place of red tomatoes; with a mix of spices and a vodka base
• verdolagaPortulaca oleracea, common purslane.
• verdugadoA type of dress with a hoop, similar to the farthingale.
• veredaA scattered settlement in Latin America.
• VertizA surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].
• VidaurreA surname from Spanish
• VidaurriA surname.
• ViedmaA city, the capital of Río Negro province, Argentina.
• VielmaA surname from Spanish.
• ViescaA surname from Spanish.
• vigiaA warning on a navigational chart indicating a reef or other hazard which has been reported but which has not been confirmed to exist, or whose exact location is unknown.