Advertisement

Advertisement

American Spanish

[ uh-mer-i-kuhn span-ish ]

noun

  1. the collective Spanish dialects of the Americas, as spoken in Central America (with the exception of Belize), the Caribbean, South America (with the exceptions of Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, and Suriname), and historically, the territory of the southwestern United States.


Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of American Spanish1

First recorded in 1945–50
Discover More

Example Sentences

Peruvian, Swiss, American, Spanish and French nationals are also believed to be among those stranded.

From BBC

That particular refrain is now as much a part of Southern California Mexican American Spanish as “Doyers.”

But it’s strange to see a game set in Cuba with the option to select Latin American Spanish voice-over when it should be the opposite case.

Campesino means peasant in Latin American Spanish, but it is a word that signals race as much as it does class.

But thousands of people have been making music in and about L.A. for hundreds of years — Native American, Spanish, Mexican and Californio music.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


American smoke treeAmerican Staffordshire terrier