⚠ Site currently under repair ⚠

Search Issues: Update 2026-08-17 - Repairs are ongoing. Thank you for your continued patience!

Some of our more complex, multi-field searches (such as the search field on our homepage and Search All Fields) are currently under repair and may not work as expected.

Thank you to all our users who emailed to alert us to the problem! We hope to have it repaired soon.

Meanwhile, elements of the Advanced Search are working and the Alphabetical Listings are working, too.

Spanish Loanwords

A | B | C/CH | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | X | Y | Z
Displaying 721 - 750 of 1464

hospital.

Orthographic Variants: 
espital, ospital

hospital (or a reference to the Hospital de Jesús) (see the attestations)

See full entry.

hostia.

the host, a sacramental wafer
(a loanword from Spanish)

See full entry.

hoy.

today
(a loanword from Spanish)

See full entry.

huacas chiahuizotl.

Orthographic Variants: 
uacas chiahuizotl, huacax chiahuizotl, huacax chiauizotl

lard from beef cattle or cows (see Molina)
(partly a loanword from Spanish, vacas, cows)

See full entry.

huacax.

Orthographic Variants: 
uacas, huacas

cow(s); ox(en) (a loanword from Spanish; from vacas) James Lockhart, Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts (Stanford: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Studies, 2001), 217.

See full entry.

Huaxtepec.

wɑːʃtepeːk
Orthographic Variants: 
Guaxtepec, Oaxtepec

Today spelled Oaxtepec, in the modern Mexican state of Morelos, this was a Nahua community.

Relación Geográfica of September 24, 1580; Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas at Austin; http://www.lib.utexas.edu/benson/rg/rg_images9.html

See full entry.

huei huinoehuatl.

Orthographic Variants: 
uei uinoehuatl

a leather container for wine (see Molina; partly a loan word, huino = vino = wine)

See full entry.

huei vino xiquipilli.

Orthographic Variants: 
ueiuinoxiquipilli, hueivinoxiquipilli

a wine skin (see Molina)

See full entry.

huérfano.

Orthographic Variants: 
ferfano

orphan

See full entry.

huerta.

Orthographic Variants: 
huerda

orchard or intensively cultivated garden (see also the entry, "a la huerta")

See full entry.

huetzi.

wetsi
Orthographic Variants: 
uetzi, vetzi, huetzitia, huetziltia, vetziltia

to fall down; to fall; to fall on a certain day

See full entry.

huino namaca.

Orthographic Variants: 
uino namaca

to sell wine (partly a loanword from Spanish, huino = vino = wine)

See full entry.

huino namacac.

Orthographic Variants: 
uino namacac

a wine seller or tavern keeper (see Molina; partly a loan word, huino = vino = wine)

See full entry.

huino namacoyan.

Orthographic Variants: 
uino namacoyan

a tavern or place where wine is sold (see Molina; partly a loan word, huino = vino = wine)

See full entry.

huino patzcaloyan.

Orthographic Variants: 
uino patzcaloyan

(see Molina; partly a loan word, huino = vino = wine)

See full entry.

huino xococ.

Orthographic Variants: 
uino xococ, vino xococ

wine vinegar (see Molina; partly a loanword, huino = vino = wine)

See full entry.

huinoteca.

Orthographic Variants: 
uinoteca

(see Molina)

See full entry.

huinotecac.

Orthographic Variants: 
uinotecac

a container for serving wine (see Molina; partly a loan word, huino = vino = wine)

See full entry.

huinoxayotl.

Orthographic Variants: 
uinoxayotl

the dregs of the wine, or bits of skin, seeds, or pulp (see Molina; partly a loan word, huino = vino = wine)

See full entry.

Huitzillan.

This indigenous community appears in a Relación Geográfica in a region that is now part of Mexican state of Morelos.

Matrícula de Tributos (Tribute Roll), Digital World Library, http://www.wdl.org/en/item/3248/pages.html#volume/1/page/5.

See full entry.

ic chicuacemilhuitl in ce semana.

Orthographic Variants: 
ic chiquacemilhuitl in ce semana

Friday (see Molina); literally the sixth day of the week
(partly a loanword from Spanish, semana, week)

See full entry.

ic chicumilhuitl in centetl semana.

Saturday (see Molina); literally, the seventh day in a week
(partly a loanword from Spanish, semana, week)

See full entry.

ic macuililhuitl semana.

Thursday, the fifth day of the week (see Molina)
(partially a loanword from Spanish, semana, week)

See full entry.

ic nahuilhuitl semana.

Orthographic Variants: 
icnauilhuitl semana, ic nauilhuitl semana

Wednesday, the fourth day of the week (see Molina) (partially a loanword from Spanish, semana, week)

See full entry.

ic occan huetzi huino.

Orthographic Variants: 
ic occan uetzi uino

low quality wine with very little strength, usually given to servants (see Molina; partly a loan word, huino = vino = wine)

See full entry.

ic omilhuitl semana.

Orthographic Variants: 
icomilhuitl semana

Monday, the second day of the week (see Molina)
(partly a loanword from Spanish, semana, week)

See full entry.

ic yeilhuitl semana.

Tuesday (see Molina); the third day of the week
(partly a loanword from Spanish, semana, week)

See full entry.

iceliloca sacramento.

communion, or the receipt of the holy sacrament
(partly a loanword from Spanish)

See full entry.

icelilocatzin sanctissimo sacramento.

communion, or the receipt of the holy sacrament
(partly a loanword from Spanish)

See full entry.

icualanilitzin dios.

Orthographic Variants: 
iqualanilitzin dios

the anger or wrath of God (see Molina); partly a loanword from Spanish, dios, God

See full entry.