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List of Spanish words of uncertain origin
This is a
list of
Spanish
words
of
uncertain
origin
. Some of these words
existed
in
Latin
and/or
Ancient Greek
, but are thought by some
scholars
to ultimately
come from
some other
source
. Many of these words have
alternate
etymologies
and may also
appear
on
a list
of Spanish words from a different
language
.
A
ademán
agachar
agalla
ají
amargo
anchoa
añicos
Apache
ardilla
areito
arete
aro
arrancar
arrear
arriero
arveja/alverja
asustar
B
balde
barato
barraca
barro
bata
baúl
beso
bisagra
bizco
borrar
borrego
bronce
bruja
buitre
burla
burlar
buscar
C
cabaña,
cacarear
caleta
cama
cambur
camilla
canica
caracol
carcajada
catalán
cataluña
cebra
celta
cagarra
changa
chango
charco
chileno
chipre
chiste
chorro
chupar
cibernética
coco
cochino,
cucubano
D
danza
derrocar
destrozar
E
-ez
G
gabacho
gacho
gago
gana
ganga
garbanzo
garza
gobernar
godo
gorra
gorrión
gorro
gótico
graznar
gusano,
H
hipo
J
judía
juey
L
lama
latir
laurel
leopardo
lerdo
lirio
water lily
liso
listo
M
malgache
malva
manteca
mantecado
mantequilla
mascota
maullar
metralla
mimo
mimar
mohíno
moho
moneda
moño
mueca
migir
N
nabo
niña
O
ola
olivo
-ón=
augmentative
suffix
, as found in balón "big
ball
.": the same as
Italian
-one
. Examples:
guitarrón
,
salchichón
.
Exceptions
: aguijón,
camarón
, empujón.
P
pantano
pantalla
pantera
parra
parrilla
pata
patán
patear
patillas
patín
patio
pato
patrulla
pavana
pelícano
peluca
pequeño
pera
pito
porrazo
prado
S
sabotear
saeta
salpicar
salsifí
senda
sendero
sodio
soga
sucre
susto
T
titere
tonto
topar
tope
trenza
trocar
tropa
tropel
troza
truco
Z
zángano
zapato