Spanish is a descendant of Latin, but it also has a lot of vocabulary from Ancient Greek, Arabic and many indigenous languages of the Americas.
Words like "chocolate" or "tomate" were adopted by the Spaniards, and from Spanish they reach other languages around the world.
Nahuatl and Quechua, languages spoken by the Aztecs and Incas, have made a huge contribution to modern Spanish. Other peoples that contributed vocabulary were the Taínos, Mayas, Mapuches and Guaraní.

In this video we will also see terms from native peoples that do not have a direct translation into Spanish or English like "itollani" "moyoleuhqui", "ya bialash" and "giyalgalu".

We will also talk about the word "apapachar" often considered the most beautiful word in Spanish.

Keep in mind that there is no consensus on the origin of many of these words and there are other theories besides the ones exposed in this video.

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📜 CHAPTERS:
00:00 October 12, 1492
00:42 The Most Beautiful Spanish Word?
01:20 Nahuatl Words - Aztec Empire
02:00 Quechua Words - Inca Empire
03:21 Guaraní Language
03:30 Taíno Language
04:27 Different Theories About Everything
05:05 Mapudungun - Mapuches - Slang
06:08 Apapachar in Náhuatl
07:29 Words that only exist in Indigenous Languages
10:00 The amzing word "Yapa"

The channels I recommend in this video are ‪@superholly‬ and‪@davidtuggyt‬

"Gran Diccionario de Náhuatl" https://gdn.iib.unam.mx/

"12 palabras de lenguas indígenas que abrirán tu mente" Ministerio de Cultura de Perú.
https://centroderecursos.cultura.pe/e...

Publicación del Instituto Cervantes:
https://cvc.cervantes.es/ensenanza/bi...


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