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  2. List of loanwords in Tagalog - Wikipedia

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    Spanish Meaning in Spanish Meaning in Tagalog akusá: acusar: to accuse: to accuse alsá: alzar: to lift; to raise; to erect: to rise in rebellion analisá: analizar: to analyze: to analyze apelá: apelar: to appeal: to appeal aprobá: aprobar: to approve: to approve apurá: apurar: to finish; to rush (Lat. Am.) to hurry arkilá (var. alkilá ...

  3. List of English–Spanish interlingual homographs - Wikipedia

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    Because Spanish is a Romance language (which means it evolved from Latin), many of its words are either inherited from Latin or derive from Latin words. Although English is a Germanic language , it, too, incorporates thousands of Latinate words that are related to words in Spanish. [ 3 ]

  4. Corregidor (position) - Wikipedia

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    A corregidor (Spanish: [korexiˈðoɾ]) was a local administrative and judicial official in Spanish Empire. They were the representatives of the royal jurisdiction over a town and its district. The name comes from the word corregir, meaning "to correct". He was the highest authority of a corregimiento.

  5. Academic grading in Spain - Wikipedia

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    Spanish universities use two different grading scales. The students' performance is assessed using a 0 to 10-point grading scale, where 10 corresponds to the 100% of the academical contents of the course which in turn are regulated by the Ministry of Education as established in the Spanish Constitution (Article 149) [2] and in the Organic Law for Universities. [3]

  6. Spanish naming customs - Wikipedia

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    Spanish naming customs include the orthographic option of conjoining the surnames with the conjunction particle y, or e before a name starting with 'I', 'Hi' or 'Y', (both meaning "and") (e.g., José Ortega y Gasset, Tomás Portillo y Blanco, or Eduardo Dato e Iradier), following an antiquated aristocratic usage.

  7. List of Puerto Rican slang words and phrases - Wikipedia

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    in mexico this can mean dude or guy relating to someone younger but in puerto rican slang, it is used in replacement of dinero/money chulería While in other countries this word means "insolence", [13] in Puerto Rico it has an entirely different meaning and is used to describe that something is good, fun, funny, great or beautiful. [14] corillo

  8. Siete Leyes - Wikipedia

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    Diagram illustrating the government organized by the Siete Leyes. Las Siete Leyes (Spanish: [las ˈsjete ˈleʝes], or Seven Laws was a constitution that fundamentally altered the organizational structure of Mexico, away from the federal structure established by the Constitution of 1824, thus ending the First Mexican Republic and creating a unitary republic, the Centralist Republic of Mexico. [1]

  9. Órale - Wikipedia

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    Órale is a common interjection in Mexican Spanish slang. [1] It is also commonly used in the United States as an exclamation expressing approval or encouragement. The term has varying connotations, including an affirmation that something is impressive, an agreement with a statement (akin to "okay"), or to signify distress.