To compile a list of some common English words that are really Spanish – either spelled exactly the same way, usually with the same meaning, or drawn from a similarly spelled Spanish term – 24 ...

Spanish is a phonetic language. Learn how to pronounce words in Spanish in this guide for students aged 11 to 14 from BBC Bitesize.

The Spanish word for what speakers of American English call “corn,” mahiz (now maíz) first shows up in 1500 in Columbus’s diary. The Taino word was mahiz or mahís. 10.

From Nahuatl comes the Spanish voice “aguacate” (“avocado” in English) In both cases, the shape of this fruit gives its name. It is tempting to deduce that the Spanish word “avocado” comes from ...