Word origins

• caimanAny of the relatively small crocodilians of the genus Caiman, within the family Alligatoridae.
• AlturasA city, the county seat of Modoc County, California, United States.
• GuadalcanalA town in Andalusia, Spain.
• yayococaine
• GeronaA municipality of Tarlac, Philippines.
• infanteAny son of the king of Spain or Portugal, sometimes except the eldest or heir apparent.
• AguilaA surname from Spanish, an anglicized spelling of Águila.
• PeronA surname.
• AlcalaA surname from Spanish.
• CuernavacaA city in Morelos.
• huertaThe area of Murcia and Valencia with fertile ground.
• PastranaA surname from Spanish.
• MaradonaA surname from Spanish.
• lenguaA Mexican dish consisting of beef tongue used to make tacos.
• alcantaraA suede-like synthetic textile, composed of polyester and polyurethane.
• CeutaAn autonomous city of Spain and exclave at the edge of Morocco.
• BataanA province of Central Luzon, Luzon, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Balanga.
• cabezaBeef cheek or similar meat, especially in Mexican cooking
• GamboaA surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].
• SaltaA province in northern Argentina.
• toqueA type of hat with no brim.
• CarmonaA surname from Spanish.
• meroAny of several large groupers of warm seas.
• jefeAn officer with political influence; a head or chief in government, such as a sheriff, particularly where that person is Hispanic or of Mexican descent.
• sabeTo understand.
• rancheriaA small settlement in the Americas, especially of Native Americans.
• GalindoA surname from Spanish.
• GeraldoA surname.
• AlegriaA surname from Spanish.
• quinonesA surname from Spanish.
• conquistadorA conqueror, but especially one of the Spanish soldiers that invaded Central and South America otherwise known as the doorways to the new world, in the 16th century and defeated the Incas and Aztecs.
• IloiloA province of Western Visayas, Visayas, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Iloilo City.
• ArcosA surname from Spanish.
• ALCONA surname from Spanish.
• ToltecA member of a pre-Columbian Native American people who dominated much of central Mexico between the 10th and 12th centuries AD.
• quixoticResembling or characteristic of the Spanish chivalric hero Don Quixote; possessed with or resulting from the desire to do noble and romantic deeds, without thought of realism and practicality.
• PaiuteAny member of two related groups of North American aboriginal peoples: the Northern Paiute of California, Nevada, and Oregon, and the Southern Paiute of Arizona, southeastern California and Nevada, and Utah.
• VillalobosA surname from Spanish.
• GallegoA surname from Spanish.
• primeroA card game resembling poker, dating back at least to the 16th century.
• taqueriaA restaurant specializing in tacos and other Mexican food.
• IlocanoThe ethnolinguistic group of the Ilocos Region on the coasts of northwestern Luzon in the Philippines.
• incommunicadoIn a state or condition of inability or unwillingness to communicate.
• miradorA tower that offers a panoramic view.
• AreciboA city and municipality of Puerto Rico, United States.
• guanacasteA province of Costa Rica.
• CagayanA province of Cagayan Valley, Luzon, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Tuguegarao.
• porgyAny of several fish of the family Sparidae of seabreams.
• DavilaA surname from Spanish, of Spanish or Galician origin
• VillegasA surname from Spanish.
• chorizoA spicy Spanish sausage flavoured with paprika, often crumbled for use in filling tacos, quesadillas, etc.
• palenqueA community of runaway slaves.
• gazpachoA cold soup of Spanish origin, made with olive oil, vinegar, bread and raw vegetables such as tomatoes, garlic, onion, cucumber and sweet peppers.
• dallyTo waste time in trivial activities, or in idleness; to trifle.
• BuenaventuraA surname from Spanish.
• LandaA surname from Spanish.
• CobaA small town in Mexico, formerly a Mayan city.
• VisayasAn island group of the Philippines.
• cumbiaA traditional style of Colombian dance and music, or a piece in this style.
• ceibaAny tree of the genus Ceiba, the best-known of which is Ceiba pentandra.
• OcampoA surname from Spanish [in turn from Galician].
• casitaA small, attached but self-contained house or apartment.
• procrastinatorOne who procrastinates; one who delays working on things.
• AlphonsoSynonym of Alphonso mango.
• tapaA kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry.
• urbanoAn umbrella term for various popular Latin American music genres.
• ArchuletaA surname.
• BoholA province of Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Tagbilaran.
• IsabelaA female given name from Spanish.
• EnriquezA surname from Spanish.
• pampasThe extensive plains of South America south of the Amazon.
• MelillaAn autonomous city of Spain and exclave at the edge of Morocco.
• NacimientoA municipality in Almería, Andalusia, Spain.
• hayaA beech tree, especially a Mexican beech (Fagus mexicana).
• palabraA word; idle talk.
• quinoaA goosefoot (Chenopodium quinoa) native to the Andes and cultivated for its edible seeds.
• ColimaA city and state of Mexico.
• NicaNicaraguan.
• TejanoA Spanish colonial settler of the region that later became Texas.
• PorroA surname.
• colectivoA kind of bus or shared taxi in South America.
• CallaoThe largest port city of Peru.
• BadajozA city and municipality, the capital of the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain.
• JemezOf or pertaining to the Jemez people, language, or culture.
• CastilianA native of Castile.
• tamaleA Mexican dish of cornmeal dough shell filled with various ingredients (e.g. chopped beef, pork, sweet filling) then steamed in corn husks.
• PizarroA surname from Spanish.
• MezaA toponymic surname of Spanish origin, most frequently found in this spelling in Latin America.
• EmilianoA surname from Spanish.
• OlmosA surname from Spanish.
• CaviteA province of Calabarzon, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: Trece Martires (de facto); Imus (de jure). Largest city: Dasmariñas.
• JaramilloA surname from Spanish.
• toreadorA bullfighter, especially one on horseback.
• EbroA river in Spain which flows into the Mediterranean.
• RibasA surname.
• monosAn island of Trinidad and Tobago.
• ChicanaA female Chicano.
• GarridoA surname.
• puaA type of fried sweet cake made of flour and sugar/jaggery popular in Northern India.
• GarrosA surname from Spanish.