American Spanish

[uh-mer-i-kuhn span-ish]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the collective Spanish dialects of the Americas, as spoken in Central America (with the exception of Belize), the Caribbean, South America (with the exceptions of Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, and Suriname), and historically, the territory of the southwestern United States.

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First recorded in 1945–50

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Peruvian, Swiss, American, Spanish and French nationals are also believed to be among those stranded.

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That particular refrain is now as much a part of Southern California Mexican American Spanish as “Doyers.”

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But it’s strange to see a game set in Cuba with the option to select Latin American Spanish voice-over when it should be the opposite case.

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Campesino means peasant in Latin American Spanish, but it is a word that signals race as much as it does class.

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But thousands of people have been making music in and about L.A. for hundreds of years — Native American, Spanish, Mexican and Californio music.

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