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One in 10 people in the U.S. speaks Spanish at home. What happens when they mash with the rest of America? On today’s episode, una conversacion con Ilan Stavans, the world’s expert in Spanglish. Mexican-Jewish-American Mash-Up Stavans is a professor of Latin American and Latino culture at Amherst College. ¡Vamos! 

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To honor the conversation, we surveyed our Mash-Ups for their favorite Spanglish words and phrases. Without further ado: the beginning of our Mash-Up Spanglish Glossary. Got any to add? Hit us up on Facebook and Twitter, or email us!

Chequear

v. To check

Chilear

v. To chill

Computadora

n. A Computer

Dame ride

Give me a ride

Desubicated

v. Disoriented

Focop

adj. Fucked up; intense; serious

Guachar

v. To watch, television or people.

Guachiman

n. Watchman or guard

Googlear

v. To google

Hanguear

v. To hangout

Ici Crema / Aiscrim

n. Ice cream

 

Ir de chopping

To go shopping

 

Likear

v. To like (on Facebook)

 

Mol

n. the mall

 

Parquear

v. To park

 

Printear

v. To print

 

Que cool

adj. How cool

 Que nice

adj. How nice

 

Quiero ver una movie

I want to see a movie

 

Taipiar

v. To type

 

Tengo que ir a la office.

I need to go the office

 

Troca

n. A truck

 

Special thanks to Salvadoran-Jewish-American married to a Dominican-American living in Shanghai prima Maya Guttfreund for helping us put this together!

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