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The same word in Spanish was califa, easily made into California to stand for "land of the caliph" خلیف, or Calafia to stand for "female caliph" خلیفة. Possible inspiration for Montalvo. Most scholars agree that Montalvo's Las Sergas de Esplandián is the direct progenitor of the word California.
Lolita (term) " Lolita " is an English-language term defining a young girl as "precociously seductive." [1] It originates from Vladimir Nabokov 's 1955 novel Lolita, which portrays the narrator Humbert's sexual obsession with and victimization of a 12-year-old girl whom he privately calls "Lolita", the Spanish nickname for Dolores (her given ...
B [ edit] babeio. repeated meaningless sounds such as 'bababa' in the middle of words. bailaor, bailaora. flamenco dancer (male, female), as opposed to 'bailarin', which is any other dancer. baile. flamenco dance; other (non-flamenco) types are referred to as 'danza'. baile de mantón. a dance with a shawl.
Olé. The olé interjection. ¡Ole! or ¡olé! is a Spanish interjection used to cheer on or praise a performance, especially associated with the audience of bullfighting and flamenco dance. The word is also commonly used in many other contexts in Spain, and has become closely associated with the country; therefore it is often used outside ...
Sweden. Albania. Media: Torta. Torta is a culinary term that can, depending on the cuisine, refer to cakes, pies, flatbreads, sandwiches, or omelettes . Usually, it refers to: cake or pie in South America, much of Europe, and southern Philippines. flatbread in Spain. a type of sandwich in Mexico.
Pocho (feminine: pocha) is slang in Spanish used in Mexico to refer to Mexican Americans and Mexican emigrants. [1] [2] It is often used pejoratively to describe a person of Mexican ancestry who lacks fluency in Spanish and knowledge of Mexican culture. [3] It derives from the Spanish word pocho, used to describe fruit that has become rotten or ...
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish [xoˈse]; Portuguese [ʒuˈzɛ] (or [ʒoˈzɛ] ). In French, the name José, pronounced [ʒoze] ⓘ, is an old vernacular form of Joseph, which is also in current ...
Güey (Spanish pronunciation:; also spelled guey, wey or we) is a word in colloquial Mexican Spanish that is commonly used to refer to any person without using their name. . Though typically (and originally) applied only to males, it can also be used for females (although when using slang, women would more commonly refer to another woman as "chava" [young woman] or "vieja" [old lady])