American Spanish

American  

[uh-mer-i-kuhn span-ish] / əˈmɛr ɪ kən ˈspæn ɪʃ /

noun

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of American Spanish

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

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

From New York Times

“American, Spanish, Haitian — I don’t want anyone to go hungry,” Moreau said.

From Seattle Times

The American Spanish language network Univision even stopped its programming to run footage of bereaved fans at the service.

From The Guardian

Similarly to the way that American English is different from British English, Latin American Spanish has that same differentiation from Spanish — it's the language spoken in Castile and Leon, the Spanish of Spain.

From Salon

This bundle gives you access to three volumes of musical language learning for Latin American Spanish, German, French, Italian or European Spanish — helping you mix and match language you already know through 200 minutes of continuous audio.

From Salon