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18 unusual facts about spanish language


¿Quién quiere ser millonario?

¿Quién quiere ser millonario? is the title of several Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? franchise game shows in Spanish-speaking countries.

Alforja

The Spanish language word for saddlebag, from Arabic portmanteau of "saddle-bag" al-khurj ( الخرج ).

Asháninka language

Literacy rates range from 10% to 30%, compared to 15% to 25% literacy for the second language, Spanish.

Blanco y Negro

Blanco y Negro ("Black and White" in Spanish) can refer to

Demographics of Bolivia

The Spanish, Quechua, Aymara, Guarani languages, as well as 34 other native languages are the official language of Bolivia.

Fiestas Patrias

Fiestas Patrias is a Spanish phrase meaning "Patriotic Holidays" or "National Holidays".

Guillermo Posadas

He composed the Mexican folk song Noche Feliz (Happy Night), recorded by the Italian tenor Enrico Caruso and sung in Spanish.

La sonrisa etrusca

The book La sonrisa etrusca ("The Etruscan Smile") originally written in Spanish was written by the Spanish economist and writer José Luis Sampedro in 1985.

Langostino

Langostino is a Spanish word with different meanings in different areas.

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In Cuba and other Spanish-speaking Caribbean islands, the name langostino is also used to refer to crayfish.

Languages of Peru

Yet from the time of European conquest, epidemics and periods of forced work (in addition to the influence of the hegemonic Spanish language), fewer than 150 can be counted today.

Life Outside the Toybox

Escucha and Gozo Nuevo are remakes of earlier tracks in Spanish, namely Listen and Sweet New Found Joy.

Otaran

Otaran surname appears in Turkish and Spanish although there is no direct family relation between each other.

Pacto de sangre

El Pacto de Sangre or Pacto de Sangre is a Spanish phrase meaning "the blood compact" and "blood compact" respectively.

Reales Atarazanas

Reales Atarazanas (Spanish for Royal Shipyards) may refer to

Soberanismo

Soberanismo (lit. "pursue of sovereignty") is a term used in the Spanish language when referring to different political movements that pursue a non-subordinated status for their respective territories.

Supreme director

Supreme director (in Spanish director supremo) was a title used to designate certain heads of state in South America

Voice of the Turtle

Voice of the Turtle sings in a variety of languages typical of Sephardic music, including not only Spanish, Hebrew, and English, but also Judeo-Spanish (Ladino), Aramaic, Yiddish, Judeo-Italian, Judeo-Provencal, and Judeo-Arabic.


A. Ronald Walton

Working with ACTFL, the US Department of Education, the College Board, among other organizations, Walton helped to formulate nationwide standards for Japanese, French, Hebrew German, Spanish Chinese and Korean.

Afinidad

Afinidad means affinity in Spanish.

Alfredo Toro Hardy

His book The Age of Villages, with a foreword by Victor Bulmer-Thomas, Director of Chatham House, won the “Latino Book Award” (best book by an author whose original language is in Spanish or Portuguese) in the category of contemporary history/political sciences, at the BookExpo America celebrated in Chicago in 2003.

Asociación de Historietistas Independientes

Argentine comics creators formed the Asociación de Historietistas Independientes (Spanish for Association of Independent Comic Creators) at Buenos Aires convention Fantabaires in 1996, to collectively address the challenges of independent publishing.

Asturian language

::The Asturian language also received much of its lexicon, from languages as Castilian, French, Occitan or Galician.

Barcelona Zoo

Barcelona Zoo (Parc Zoològic de Barcelona in Catalan, Parque Zoológico de Barcelona in Spanish) is a zoo in the Parc de la Ciutadella in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

Barrio Suecia

Barrio Suecia (Spanish for "Swedish neighborhood") is a section of Santiago, Chile, centered on Calle Suecia ("Swedish Street"), in the upscale Providencia municipality, which includes many pubs, discos and restaurants.

Berdín Palace

The Berdín Palace (Spanish: Palacio de Berdín; Asturian: Palaciu de Berdín) is located in the village of Doiras, in Boal, Asturias, Spain.

Campillos International Piano Competition

The Campillos International Piano Competition (Spanish: Concurso Internacional de Piano de Campillos) is a Spanish annual professional piano competition held in Campillos, Málaga.

Chimila language

The "Cesar" name of the Cesar River and Cesar Department is an adaptation from the Chimila indigenous word Chet-tzar or Zazare ("calm water") into Spanish, in reference to the Cesar River.

China Today

It is published in Chinese language, English, Spanish, French, Arabic, German and Turkish, and is intended to promote a positive view of the People's Republic of China and its government to people outside of China.

Conectiva

Conectiva was a company founded on August 28, 1995, in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, by a group of friends, among them Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, who was a pioneer in the distribution of Linux and open source software in Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish and English for all of Latin America.

Demographics of Suriname

Dutch (official), Sranan Tongo (Surinamese, sometimes called Taki-Taki, is native language of Creoles and much of the younger population), Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu), Javanese, English (widely spoken), French due to cultural influence from French Guiana, Portuguese and Spanish.

División Minúscula

División Minúscula (Spanish for "Minuscule Division") is a Mexican rock band from Matamoros, Tamaulipas, which is becoming increasingly popular in Mexico and gradually making an impact on the U.S. Latin alternative scene.

E-Dyario

Its aim is to promote the use of Spanish language and the traits of the Spanish-Filipino culture all over the country.

El Factor X

The winner of season one was Julio César Meza from solo-singers-aged-25+ category; the runners-up were Enygma (group made up of Ricardo García, Manuel Peña, Germán ‘Tito’ Núñez and Iván Peña) from vocal groups category and in third place was the controversial reggaeton-singer Farina (full name Pao Paucar Franco) from the solo-singers-aged-25-and-over category, famous for her quote Yo soy Farina! (from Spanish: I am Farina)

Enrique of Malacca

Italian historian Antonio Pigafetta, who wrote the most comprehensive account of Magellan's voyage, named him "Henrique" (which was Hispanicized Enrique in official Spanish documents).

Francisco Espoz y Mina

In 1825 Espoz y Mina published A Short Extract from the Life of General Mina, in Spanish and English, in London.

Gran Passeig de Ronda, Lleida

Gran Passeig de Ronda (Catalan language official name; Spanish: Gran Paseo de Ronda) is one of the main thoroughfares in the city of Lleida (Catalonia, Spain).

Guanaja

In later years Cayman Islanders settled in the Bay Islands, which explains the diffusion of Spanish and English language.

In Milton Lumky Territory

He belatedly discovers that the typewriters all have Spanish language keyboards, and so he tries to pass these hot potatoes down along the line to his former warehouse employer.

Indigenous Dialogues

Esperanto was chosen rather than a major national language such as English because it is nationally neutral and relatively easy to master, while still backed and proven by an existing infrastructure—over a century of Esperanto culture—and its surface similarities to major European languages facilitate the learning of regional and world languages such as English, Spanish, or Russian.

International Wrestling Revolution Group

International Wrestling Revolution Group (Grupo Internacional Revolución in Spanish) is a Lucha Libre promotion based in Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico.

KLBD

The station broadcasts a Spanish Christian music format and is owned by The Worship Center of Kingsville.

La Primavera, Vichada

La Primavera (literally meaning "The Spring" in Spanish) is a town and municipality located in the Department of Vichada, Colombia.

Los Arlequíns

Los Arlequíns (Spanish for "The Harlequins") was a Mexican professional wrestling group, called a stable, who worked as a rudo (term used for wrestlers who portray the "Bad guys") faction.

MacArthur Study Bible

Initially only available in the New King James Version, the MacArthur Study Bible is now also published using the New American Standard Bible text and the English Standard Version text, and the New International Version text as well as in Spanish, German, French, Italian and Portuguese.

Matthew Raymond-Barker

Raymond-Barker is a student, studying French and Spanish at the University of Bath and was in France for a period of six months to improve his French language skills at University of Toulouse.

Mérida State Symphony Orchestra

The Mérida State Symphony Orchestra (Spanish: Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado Mérida or OSEM) is a symphony orchestra based in the Venezuelan city of Mérida.

Norberto Longo

Norberto Longo (February 15, 1942 - April 19, 2003) was a Spanish-language sportscaster in the United States.

Pajarito Mountain Ski Area

Pajarito means "little bird" in Spanish and was first associated with the area by the archeologist Edgar Lee Hewett who was in turn inspired by Tsirege, which means "bird place" in the Tewa language.

Paterna International Piano Prize

The Paterna International Piano Prize (Catalan: Premi Internacional Pianístic de Paterna, Spanish: Premio Internacional Pianístico de Paterna) is a biennial piano competition in Paterna, Valencia, Spain.

Paulo Freire University

The Universidad Paulo Freire (Spanish: Universidad Paulo Freire (UPF)), located in Managua, Nicaragua, with branches in Diriamba, Río San Juan and Matagalpa.

Peasant Self-Defense Forces of Córdoba and Urabá

Autodefensas Campesinas de Córdoba y Urabá (ACCU), Spanish for Peasant Self-Defense Forces of Córdoba and Urabá, was a paramilitary group formed in northwestern Colombia, operating mainly in the Antioquia Department and Córdoba Department.

Peter Nolasco

Saint Peter Nolasco (1189–1256), Pere Nolasc in Catalan, Pierre Nolasque in French and Pedro Nolasco in Spanish, is a Catholic saint, born at Mas-des-Saintes-Puelles, Languedoc, today's France, although some historians claim he was born in Barcelona (see Encyclopædia Britannica).

Pimpinela Escarlata

His ring name is Spanish for "The Scarlet Pimpernel" and is taken from the fictional character of the same name.

PR-72P-class corvette

Pennant numbers were originally P-101 to P-106, but were later modified to CM-21 to CM-26, where CM stands for corbeta misilera, Spanish for guided missile corvette.

Radio Bulgaria

In 2004, Radio Bulgaria broadcasts to Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America on short and medium wave in Bulgarian, English, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Serbian, Greek, Albanian and Turkish.

Ramendra Kumar

Ramen's work has been published and reviewed in major newspapers and magazines and translated into several Indian languages as well as Chinese, Japanese, Mongolian, Sinhala, French, Portuguese and Spanish.

St. Louis Jesuits

In addition, some hymns have even been translated into other languages such as Chinese, French, German, Korean, Polish, Spanish and Vietnamese, and have garnered wide acceptance in those areas as a result.

Technological University of Pereira

The university offers studies in Engineering (Industrial engineering, Systems engineering and Computer science, Electrical engineering, Mechanical engineering); Science and Technology (Veterinary medicine, Medicine, Chemical technology, Industrial chemistry, Environmental management); Liberal arts (English, Spanish language and Literature, philosophy, Communication and Computer Education); Child pedagogy; and Sports science and recreation.

Unified Trade Union Sub Federation of Peasant Workers of Ancoraimes – Tupak Katari

Unified Trade Union Sub Federation of Peasant Workers of Ancoraimes - Túpak Katari (in Spanish: Sub Federación Sindical Única de Trabajadores Campesinos de Ancoraimes Túpak Katari) is a trade union in Ancoraimes, La Paz Department, Bolivia.

Vicio Latino

The chorus was sung in Spanish by female vocalists, while male vocals were sung in an invented language imitating English language phonetics of the US Funk singers (somewhat like the later hit Asereje by Las Ketchup, or previously Tom Tom Club's "Wordy Rappinghood").

Victory Cross

The Victory Cross (Asturian and Spanish: Cruz de la Victoria) is an early 10th century Asturian Christian ornamented processional cross, which was, as an inscription says, made in 908 in the Castle of Gauzón (Avilés, Spain).

Year of the Lash

Year of the Lash (in Spanish, Año del Cuero) is a term used in Cuba in reference to 1844.