traces+-+spanish

=Emma= **TRACES OR REMAINS OR INFLUENCES IN TODAY'S WORLD **

In Latin America and Mexico they speak Spanish and they are also Catholic. They also had churches and painted very detailed paintings mostly of people. Also words are used today in English are oregano and burrito. Burrtito

There are also animal names like puma, jaguar, and iguana, these words are not Spanish but the Spanish words were similar to the English words. There is also tomato, chocolate, potato, banana, ranch (settlement ranch), rodeo, and lasso. These words come from Spanish, but the Spanish spelling is not the same. Some words like hurricane, tobacco and hammock came from the Caribbean. These words mean the same thing in Spanish and English, aficionado, armada, barracuda, mosquito, tobacco, and vanilla.

English words that come from Spanish origins: Alligator- el lagarto, the lizard 

Cafeteria- cafetería, a coffee shop Cargo- cargar, to load Cigar, Cigarette- cigarro Comrade- camarada, old Spanish for barracks company or roommate Mustang- mestengo or mesteño, a stray animal



Patio- courtyard in Spanish Savvy- saber, to know Tornado- tornar, to turn, tronada, thunderstorm



Websites: [] [|http://www.infoplease.com/spot/spanishwords1.html] [|http://www.burrito.tv/] [|http://www.marathonbooks.com/Alligator.html] [] []