Spanglish
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Spanglish
Example Sentences
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In mostly English but sometimes Spanish and Spanglish, Guzman-Lopez takes readers from the U.S.-Mexico border to L.A., employing the type of lyrical bank shots only a poet can get away with.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2025
He began his career in the mid-2010s by uploading Spanglish lo-fi love songs recorded in his childhood bedroom to Soundcloud and Bandcamp.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2025
That means Hernández is wearing the singer's signature attire, using a mix of Spanglish and radiating the superstar’s coolness.
From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2024
The same year, he cocreated and starred in the Spanglish comedy series “Los Espookys,” also on HBO.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2024
We spoke in Spanglish, a combination of English and Spanish in which we hopped from one language to the other depending on which word came first.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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