Spanish Words Widely Known by U.S. Americans

gwapo in the Philippines means the same thing

I really enjoyed the quiz! I hope it get featured soon.

I would recommend splitting into two quizzes. Right now it's a little long for this concept.

91>65. You're obviously a much better quizzer.

It's really frustrating when they make these quizzes with no regard for the rest of non-Mexican dialect of the language. "Beans" is "habichuelas" for me. It took me some time to realize this wasn't "Spanish" quiz, but a Mexican Spanish quiz.

Very fun! Thanks.

Gringo doesn't mean "white man", it means American

Not necessarily.

Y ademas, no es español, es chilango..

Es pan-español (por así decirlo). También hay centroamericanos que usan "gringo"

I don't think Hispanic Americans are usually gringos

For Latin Americans, "gringo" means "person from the US", no matter the race.

This includes Hispanic Americans, mostly when they can't speak a dime of Spanish.

Check out the Real Academia Española defines the word as such.

Did you see the first definition? It says extranjero, which does take into account the possibility of someone outside a region's familiarity (even if that person still speaks the same language). But that definition goes on to specify that typically the word is used to identify someone that doesn't speak Spanish.

Shouldn't the ones exclamation points and question marks also have inverted versions at the front for those Spanish answers? It just looks wrong without them there

Speedy Gonzales boosted my score a couple points. :-)

But no need to ándale arriba; plenty of time.

how about "hombre blanco"

I think this quizz should include words used in Spain, such as alubias for frijoles.

Cállate for silence?

That was my first guess, but it literally translates to "shut up." "Silencio" is a better answer.

Is there a source for this quiz? Without that and without any interaction with the suggestions in the comments it just comes across as arbitrary.

Adding my voice to the gringo does not mean White man. Latino is an ethnicity. Lots of White people in Latin American countries who aren't called gringos. Not to mention Spain. Need to just delete this queston.

You should check out the RAE's definition, which accounts for colloquialisms.

How could you not have "library" on here when THE go-to joke about Americans' rudimentary high-school-level Spanish knowledge is the line "donde esta la biblioteca?" That would have been the first one I put on.

Many people from south of the US use the term "American" to refer to people who live on either continent, South American or North American. When referring specifically to residents of the US they will use the phrase "US Americans". This is based on the premise that the US does not have exclusive use of the term America; i.e. it's not the whole continent.

The vast and overwhelming majority of people everywhere in the world use American to refer to Americans, including in Latin America up until very recently. It's obviously stupid to use "US-American" as a demonym. Unless you also call people from Mexico "US-Mexicans," people from Germany "FR-Germans," people from China "PR-Chinese," etc. Actually I take that back, you'd still be stupid doing that, but at least you would be consistent. Everyone knows what an American is.

How can you always be so wrong in every single comment?

hwes? He's not always wrong. Even in this case he's mostly just describing why other people, who are obviously and demonstrably wrong, use this obnoxious term. Not necessarily advocating for that wrongness himself.

"Gringo" for "white man"? Next time I meet my Spanish, Mexican, or Cuban white friends I'll let them know they're gringos. They'll be suprised!

Should seem crazy that among the 4 words I missed were "adios" and "gringo." In the 8 years I spent in Panama and Peru, as well as many trips to Mexico, I never heard anyone actually say "adios." It was always "chao" (or "ciao?) And "gringo" was understood to mean someone from the States. Excellent quiz.

Oh right. Hilarious, lol

When I think of normal americans knowing spanish words. I don't think that most americans will know like 50 words...

I got 41, but struggled with the spelling. Should've got around 55

I feel like people are not getting the premise that this is what Americans know of the language from cultural infusion by the most common Spanish speakers in the country who happen to be... Mexican. Most Mexicans I know use gringo to mean white person, and a lot of Americans recognize that as the meaning.

60/68, not too bad for a Brazilian.