Influencia indígena
aguacate
avocado
What language does French, Italian, Romanian, Portuguese and Spanish have in common?
They all come from Vulgar Latin
What does 'misterioso' mean?
mysterious
How are the following letters/letter combinations pronounced in Spain? "Z" "Ce" "Ci"
Does the word "Cancha" mean "court" or "catch"
court
What is at least one influence that lead to Spanish differing from Latin?
Geography (Isolation)
Other dialects/indigenous languages
Arabic language from the Moors
ingeniero means...
engineer
What does the "ll" sound like in Argentina? i.e. "lluvia"
"Sh" sound
The Nahautl word for chocolate comes from which indigenous group that lived in now what is modern day Mexico?
Aztecs
What does the word
ojala (Spanish word) in shalla (Arabic) mean in English?
I hope
abundante is which kind of word? (Grammatically)
Adjective
Name one Spanish speaking country that is part of the Caribbean
Peru
What was the difference between Classical Latin and Vulgar Latin?
Vulgar Latin was the language of common people while Classical Latin was the most formal latin, accessible to those only with the most power and influence
Asistir means...
To attend
(false cognate)
Al-Andalus, currently the region of Andalusia in southern Spain, is an example of one of the Muslim territories that thrived in Spain for over 700 years. Name the cultural group from Northern Africa that invaded the peninsula & took over this and other regions in just 7 years.
The Moors
ahuacatl (indigenous), aguacate (Spanish), avocado(English) all mean the same thing. Explain why think the word is so similar in all 3 languages
Avocados come from Mexico, so the world was only introduced to them when the Spanish conquered the Americas, so we have adapted the word from the indigenous word
Name one Arabic/Spanish cognate
Azúcar/al-sukkar
Algebra
Almohada (pillow)
Naranja/(Naraj) (orange)
Blusa/balooza, biluza (blouse)
What is one more example of a false cognate?
In Socio-linguistics, what is the term for the variations of one language which reflect the different contexts a language is used in?
Registers