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Spanish words of Native American origin
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This is a list of Spanish words that come from Indigenous languages of the Americas. It is further divided into words that come from Arawakan, Aymara, Carib, Mayan, Nahuatl, Quechua, Tarahumara, Tupi, and uncertain (the word is known to be from the Americas, but the exact source language is unclear). Some of these words have alternate etymologies and may also appear on a list of Spanish words from a different language.
A
- aguacate (nahuatl awakatl)
- ajolote (nahuatl axololtl)
- alpaca
- amate (nahuatl amatl)
- ambú
- atole (nahuatl atolli)
B
- barbacoa
- batata
- bejuco
- biznaga
- bohío
- boricua
- borinqueño
C
- cacahuate/cacahuete (nahuatl kakawatl)
- cacao (nahuatl)
- cacique
- cacomistle, cacomiztle, cacomixtle (nahuatl kakomixtli)
- caimán
- calpulli (nahuatl kalpulli)
- camelo
- camote (nahuatl camohtli)
- campechano
- cancha (quechua)
- caníbal
- canoa
- caoba
- capulín
- caraota
- caribe
- caribú
- carioca
- caraqueño
- catre
- caucho
- casabe, cazabe
- ceiba
- chacra
- chayote (nahuatl chayotl)
- chía
- chicle (nahuatl tsikitl)
- chichimeca (nahuatl chichimeca)
- chilacayote (nahuatl)
- chile, chili (nahuatl chilli)
- Chile
- chileno
- chinchilla
- chirimoya
- choclo (ear of corn)
- chocolate (nahuatl chocolatl)
- cigarro
- coyote (nahuatl coyotl)
- cuate
E
G
- gaucho
- guacamaya, guacamayo
- guacamole
- guaco, huaco
- guagua (child)
- guajolote
- guarábana
- guanaco
- guano
- guaraní
- guayaba
- guineo
- güiro
H
- Haiti (Ayiti)
- hamaca
- henequén
- hicaco
- hule
- huracán
I
J
- jacal
- jaguar
- jíbaro
- jícama
- jícara
- jitomate
- jobo
L
- lempira
- loro
- llama (animal)
M
- macana
- macanudo
- maguey
- maiz
- mamey
- mangle
- maní
- maraca
- maracuyá
- mate (drink)
- maya
- mecate
- mesquite
- milpa
- mixteco
- mole (sauce)
N
- nahua
- náhuatl
- nana
- nene
- nigua
- nopal
Ñ
O
P
- palta
- pampa
- papa
- papaya
- patata
- pécari
- petaca
- petate
- pinole
- poroto
- potosí
- pozole
- pulque
- puma
Q
- quechua
- quetzal
- quiltro
- quisqueyano
S
- sabana
- sonsote, cenzotle
- soroche
T
- tabaco
- taco
- tamal
- tamandua
- tapioca
- tapir
- tarahumara
- tequila
- tiburón
- tiza
- tolteca
- tomate
- tucán
- tuna
V
Y
Z
- zacate
- zapallo
- zapote
- zapoteca
- zarigüeya
- zopilote
List by language of origin
- arepa = a typical maize bread ; a pancake, a thin cake, fried or roasted made of maize flour (from Carib arepa)
- canoa = a typical dugout canoe made by the native Amerindians (from Carib kanawa)
- curiara = a typical dugout canoe made by the native Amerindians (from Carib kurijara)
chuco = adj, having a dark color, sometimes with the connotation of dirty
- buqui = boy/child
- bichi = nude
See also
References
- "Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua española" by Guido Gómez de Silva (ISBN 968-16-2812-8)
Published - February 2009
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