When ordering tacos in Los Angeles, it’s helpful to have some Spanish terms and phrases at the ready. Keep this glossary handy during taco crawls and you’ll soon be ordering like a pro. Adobada: Term ...

¡: An upside-down exclamation point. Put in front of an exclamatory sentence. ¿: An upside-down question mark. Put in front of a question. ˜: A tilde. Put over the letter “n” from time to time to ...

Dear Mexican: One of the things I have found enjoyable and profound is the use of language by Chicanos, mexicanos and Mexican Americans. Humor and a sardonic sense of history, in my view, are ...

America’s love of Mexican food has implanted plenty of Spanish words into our everyday lexicon. But when not ordering a quesadilla or tamale at the local taquería, we may still be using Spanish words ...

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Nahuatl, the language of the ancient Aztec civilization spoken today by the Nahua people in southern Mexico, has made a surprisingly profound impact on several languages, including English and Spanish ...

I’ve long considered the variant of the Spanish language spoken in New Mexico to be one of our country’s great cultural treasures. The local speech is rich in pronunciations and vocabulary that are ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HOLMAN, N.M. (AP) — On a spring Saturday ...

HOLMAN, N.M. (AP) — The historic, endangered dialect is as central to these communities as their iconic adobe churches. HOLMAN, N.M. (AP) — On a spring Saturday afternoon, two “hermanos” knelt to pray ...