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  2. Spanish profanity - Wikipedia

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    Frijolero is the most commonly used Spanish word for beaner and is particularly offensive when used by a non-Mexican person towards a Mexican in the southwestern United States. Gabacho, in Spain, is used as a derisive term for French people—and, by extension, any French-speaking individual. Among Latin American speakers, however, it is meant ...

  3. List of Spanish words of Iberian origin - Wikipedia

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    cuérrago "riverbed"; also Portuguese córrego and corgo, from Late Latin corrugus "canal, water conduit in a mine", from Iberian; related to arroyo. galápago "tortoise" (also Catalan calàpat "toad"), from * calappacu. gándara "low wasteland, wilderness", from Late Latin gangadia. garabato "pothook; squiggle".

  4. Diccionario de la lengua española - Wikipedia

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    The Diccionario de la lengua española [a] ( DLE; [b] English: Dictionary of the Spanish language) is the authoritative dictionary of the Spanish language. [1] It is produced, edited and published by the Royal Spanish Academy, with the participation of the Association of Academies of the Spanish Language. It was first published in 1780, as the ...

  5. Glossary of pinball terms - Wikipedia

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    The triangular objects on either side of the flippers that propel the ball toward the opposite side. solenoid. A coil, with another coil or magnet inside, used in flippers, kickers, and other mechanical devices. When the coils are energized, the opposing magnetic fields cause the inner piece to move.

  6. Drawing up a comprehensive list of words in English is important as a reference when learning a language as it will show the equivalent words you need to learn in the other language to achieve fluency. A big list will constantly show you what words you don't know and what you need to work on and is useful for testing yourself.

  7. Glossary of flamenco terms - Wikipedia

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    flamenco dancer (male, female), as opposed to 'bailarin', which is any other dancer. baile. flamenco dance; other (non-flamenco) types are referred to as 'danza'. baile de mantón. a dance with a shawl. balanceo y vaivén. swaying of the body and hips. Balanceo is gentle; vaiven is violent. bamberas.

  8. Edit your personal dictionary in AOL Desktop Gold

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    Click the Settings button at the top. 3. Click Mail on the left side. 4. Click the Spell Check tab. 5. Click Add after typing in a word and it will be added to your personal dictionary. Desktop Gold automatically spell checks your spelling as you write an email. Learn how to improve the effectiveness of the spell check feature.

  9. Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias - Wikipedia

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    In Hindi, tipak, tipak. In Hungarian, csöp-csöp, csip-csöp ( csöpp or csepp is also the word for "drop") In Indonesian, tik tik. In Italian, plin plin, plop plop. In Japanese, ポツポツ ( potsu potsu ), pota pota ポタポタ. In Korean, ttokttok 똑똑, ttuk-ttuk 뚝뚝. In Latvian, pik pik, pak pak, pakš pakš.