Central American Spanish

American  

[sen-truhl uh-mer-i-kuhn span-ish] / ˈsɛn trəl əˈmɛr ɪ kən ˈspæn ɪʃ /

noun

1. the collective Spanish dialects of Central America, as spoken in central and southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama: the northern Mexican norteño dialect is not usually included in this linguistic group.

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Etymology

Origin of Central American Spanish

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

After all, I live in Miami, and in a given day I can switch from Colombian Spanish to Cuban Spanish, to Puerto Rican Spanish, to Central American Spanish.

From New York Times