bodega — “cellar”

fiesta — “party”

macho — “the property of being overtly masculine”

matador — from matar (to kill)

patio — “inner courtyard”

plaza — “public square”

piñata — Mexican Spanish, from Latin pinea (pine cone)

pueblo — “small town,” derived from Latin populus

quinceañera — a celebration for a girl’s 15th birthday, from quince (“15”) and años (“years”)

quixotic — derived from the name of Cervantes’ famous, delusional knight Don Quixote

rumba — from Cuban Spanish rumba (“spree”), it was the name of a popular tango melody in the early 20th century and became a more general type of Cuban dance music

tango — this word comes to English from Argentine Spanish, but like originates from the Niger-Congo language Ibibio’s tamgu (“to dance”)

telenovela — “soap opera”