Spanglish
Tex-Mex talk
Spanglish is a hybrid of Spanish and English, mixing vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation from both languages within a single conversation or sentence: She told me to parquear the car.
Common among bilingual speakers in the United States and other places where Spanish and English communities overlap, Spanglish ranges from occasional code-switching to a more blended everyday speech pattern.
Mexican-American with activist heritage
- LatinoLatin American by heritage
- borderlandsTerritory near a boundary
- biculturalOf two cultural backgrounds
- identityWho someone is
assimilation · heritage · immigrant · diaspora · Nuyorican · Tex-Mex · mestizo · hyphenated
Alternating between linguistic varieties
- borrowingTemporary taking of another's
- calqueBorrowed phrase translated literally
- loanwordImported vocabulary item
- interferenceUnwelcome involvement in affairs
bilingual · hybrid · mixing · interlanguage · diglossia · pidgin · creole · neologism
Southeast Florida coastal city
- TexasSecond-largest American state
- CaliforniaWest coast megastate
- Puerto RicoAmerican Caribbean territory
- New YorkNortheastern metropolis and state
border · Southwest · Los Angeles · Houston · Florida · Arizona · Mexico · Dominican
Traditional feminine given name
- telenovelaLatin serialized melodrama
- reggaetonLatin urban genre from Puerto Rico
- PitbullMr. Worldwide himself
- SelenaName meaning moon
Bad Bunny · Lin-Manuel Miranda · George Lopez · Gloria Estefan · Shakira · sitcom · comedy · podcast
Chicano
Mexican-American with activist heritage
- LatinoLatin American by heritage
- borderlandsTerritory near a boundary
- biculturalOf two cultural backgrounds
identity · assimilation · heritage · immigrant · diaspora · Nuyorican · Tex-Mex · mestizo · hyphenated · second-generation
code-switching
Alternating between linguistic varieties
- borrowingTemporary taking of another's
- calqueBorrowed phrase translated literally
- loanwordImported vocabulary item
interference · bilingual · hybrid · mixing · interlanguage · diglossia · pidgin · creole · neologism · cognate
Miami
Southeast Florida coastal city
- TexasSecond-largest American state
- CaliforniaWest coast megastate
- Puerto RicoAmerican Caribbean territory
New York · border · Southwest · Los Angeles · Houston · Florida · Arizona · Mexico · Dominican · Cuban-American
Dora
Traditional feminine given name
- telenovelaLatin serialized melodrama
- reggaetonLatin urban genre from Puerto Rico
- PitbullMr. Worldwide himself
Bad Bunny · Lin-Manuel Miranda · George Lopez · Gloria Estefan · Selena · Shakira · sitcom · comedy · podcast · social media
washateria
Self-service laundry business
- Hispanic WorldSpain, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Peru
- Spanish languagedialects, Latin America, Mexico, Caribbean, South America
- Cultural Fusionfusion cuisine, fusion jazz, fusion dance, syncretism, hybridity
- portmanteausbrunch, smog, motel, spork, chortle
- Texan cultureTex-Mex, breakfast tacos, brisket, fajitas, queso
- language varietiesdialect, idiolect, sociolect, vernacular, accent
English, Spanish, Anglicism, Anglophone, Hispanic, Spaniard, Chinglish