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26 votes
4 answers
7k views

Why is "la Gestapo" feminine?

11 votes
2 answers
384 views

What were the old Spanish names for "sábado" and "domingo"?

10 votes
3 answers
667 views

Which dialects use "fue matado" in place of "fue muerto"?

10 votes
3 answers
5k views

Is "moro" a racist term?

9 votes
4 answers
2k views

Do any dialects of Spanish still pronounce "h"?

9 votes
1 answer
1k views

Conmigo, contigo, consigo... connusco, convusco?

9 votes
1 answer
990 views

Are "grúa" and "grulla" etymologically related?

9 votes
3 answers
574 views

Are doubled consonants geminated in Spanish?

8 votes
2 answers
8k views

Are there Spanish equivalents for "turtle" and "tortoise"?

8 votes
3 answers
986 views

Minced oaths in Spanish

7 votes
3 answers
798 views

Which feminine words end "-o"?

7 votes
1 answer
449 views

¿Alguna vez ha eliminado/cambiado la RAE la definición de una palabra por petición?

7 votes
2 answers
395 views

Why tribu, espíritu, ímpetu, not *tribo, *espírito, *ímpeto?

7 votes
1 answer
454 views

Spanish use of the 'Broken L' (Ꝇ / ꝇ)?

7 votes
1 answer
414 views

Why are flares known as bengalas in Spanish?

7 votes
2 answers
296 views

Why does "diezmar" have a diphthong, and do similar verbs exist?

6 votes
1 answer
175 views

Allophone preserving orthography in compound words

6 votes
2 answers
136 views

Word meaning "every two days"?

6 votes
2 answers
157 views

Words which palatalise when made feminine?

6 votes
4 answers
13k views

Cuál es la etimología de "tolai"?

6 votes
1 answer
4k views

¿Como adquirió la palabra "vaina" el significado "cosa"?

5 votes
1 answer
890 views

What does "ñe" mean?

5 votes
2 answers
2k views

¿Cómo se pluraliza "currículum"?

5 votes
1 answer
780 views

Is "tranquilar(se)" still used to mean "tranquilizar(se)" in any Spanish dialects?

5 votes
2 answers
4k views

¿Cuál es el animal con más nombres en castellano?

5 votes
3 answers
5k views

Are there any Spanish words with multiple accents?

5 votes
1 answer
2k views

Does the vowel combination /ou/ appear in any Spanish words?

4 votes
1 answer
630 views

When did "x" start representing /ks/ in Spanish again?

4 votes
1 answer
336 views

Was "Cuán(to)..." always synonymous with "Qué tan(to)..."?

4 votes
1 answer
377 views

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