UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA

FACULTAD DE IDIOMAS
 
 NOMBRE DEL ALUMNO:
Ruben C Villar Gomez
 
 
MATRICULA:
01104943
 
 
MATERIA:
Desarrollo de la lengua del segundo idioma
 
 
MAESTRO:
Lic. Marcela Fernández
 
 
 MEXICALI B.C
20/Enero/2011
SETTLEMENTS

Contact with Spanish explorer began as early as the

days when America was still thought of as the Indies.
SETTLEMENTS

Moving toward the Gulf of Mexico, the Anglo

Saxon settlers encountered permanent and
important Spanish colonies in which individual
Haciendas subsisted as independent units.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE INFLUENCE

The American cowboy learned his trade from the Mexican.

The cowboy has deep historic roots tracing back to Spain and
the earliest European settlers of the Americas.
LOAN WORDS

Ranch life
 Cinch
 Corral
 Hacienda

 Lariat
 Rodeo
 Stampede
LOAN WORDS

PLANTS &
ANIMALS
 Alfalfa
 Marijuana

 Mesquite

 Burro

 Bronco

 Coyote
LOAN WORDS

FOOD & DRINK

 Enchilada
 Tequila
 Tortilla

 Frijol/ Frijole/ Frijoles

 Nacho
NACHO’S ESPECIAL
CHANGING OR SHIFTING OF MEANINGS
 Some nouns borrowed from the Spanish language have given rise to about a
dozen compound forms and some developed into verbs.
For example:
 bronco  (means "wild" or "rough" in Spanish) 

 buckaroo  (possibly from vaquero, "cowboy")  

 armadillo (literally, "the little armed one") 

 Lariat (possibly form La reata)