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Rico is a diminutive of either the Spanish masculine given name Federico or Ricardo, or of the Italian given name Enrico. Rico can also be a nickname or a surname. Rico can also be a nickname or a surname.
This is a list of Spanish words of French origin. It is further divided into words that come from Modern French and Old French. In both cases, the words included did not exist in Latin. Some of these words have alternate etymologies and may also appear on a list of Spanish words from a different language.
Rodríguez (Spanish pronunciation: [roˈðɾiɣeθ], [roˈðɾiɣes]) is a Spanish-language patronymic surname of Visigothic origin (meaning literally Son of Rodrigo; Germanic: Roderickson) and a common surname in Spain and Latin America. Its Portuguese equivalent is Rodrigues. The "ez" signifies "son of".
from French mangouste, from Portuguese mangús, from Marathi मंगूस mangūs ' mongoose ', of Dravidian origin. paliacate — handkerchief; shortened from pañuelo de Paliacate, ' handkerchief from Pulicat ' The Spanish pañuelo de Paliacate is a partial calque of French mouchoirs de Paliacate (1788).
The name Luis is German and French in origin and means "renowned warrior," according to Nameberry. It is one of the top Spanish boy names in the U.S., ranking in the top 100 every year from 1980 ...
Distinct Puerto Rican words like "jevo,", "jurutungo" and "perreo" have been submitted to Spain's Royal Academy- considered the global arbiter of the Spanish language.
from Spanish chocolate, from Nahuatl xocolatl meaning "hot water" or from a combination of the Mayan word chocol meaning "hot" and the Nahuatl word atl meaning "water." Choctaw from the native name Chahta of unknown meaning but also said to come from Spanish chato (="flattened") because of the tribe's custom of flattening the heads of male infants.
Twenty20. Elize is a French variant of Elizabeth, and therefore befitting a queen. It means “my God is an oath.” 21. Solene. Ultra hip yet under the radar, like Solange—this name means ...