| 单词 | Spanish |
| 例句 | As I said, by the time I got to Spanish, I was in a better frame of mind. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Then he smiled for the first time in a long while and said in Spanish: “When I die, burn mercury in my room for three days.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Such moments were never as raucous with sound as past times had been when we had had ‘private’ Spanish to use. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, it wouldn’t have been so bad. We could have slept in hammocks. Learned Spanish. Lived in a little house with chickens in the yard.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Mrs. Eckhart walked over to me, and in her heavily accented Spanish she tried to explain the problem. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z “Subject One is ingesting Spanish booster at four-oh-two p.m.,” he said out loud. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Grandma had started speaking only in Spanish, her first language, as she became weaker, so I didn’t understand a lot of what she was saying. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry,” we hear her say in her bad Spanish. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “Why do you wrap them in Spanish moss?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They are bold and ad- venturous, and even though many of them don’t speak much Spanish, they brazenly find a way to communicate. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Each time I’d hear myself addressed in Spanish, I would be unable to respond with any success. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I can tell because the loca tirade in Spanish has begun again as he bangs around the cabinets. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He promised to take Francie to the Spanish section of Brooklyn some day. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m proud of you for singing in Spanish too,” she said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z The lady is reading a newspaper and immediately starts talking to Mom in Spanish. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Njemile skipped over to him and greeted him in Spanish, and soon Moss’s favorite part of the morning began. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Once the priest had preached in Spanish against the women who lived in Rosie’s house and so I knew that her place was bad. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z At the top of the sheet was a story in Spanish about a young Chinese boy, Yu Li. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “Is that why you’re always talking about how I dress and how I hate speaking Spanish?” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Spanish armies traveled in a porcine cloud; drawn by the supper trough, the lean, hungry animals circled the troops like darting dogs. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He had reported almost every war of the twentieth century, like the Spanish Civil War, and the genocide in East Timor, and bad stuff that happened in Africa. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z There is a veritable racket of gratitude on the other end, and Dede has to smile at some of the imported nonsense of this woman’s Spanish. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z With tall, white walls and arches at the entryway, La Tuna Federal Correctional Institution looked like an old Spanish mission. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Having to sing in Spanish was kind of a big detail to overlook. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z But she got down our Gems of Spanish Poetry and quoted me another poem by the same poet: May the limitations of love not cast a spell On the serious ambitions of my mind. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One girl sat next to me in both Trig and Spanish, and she walked with me to the cafeteria for lunch. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He could walk down the long, narrow halls, off of which were countless fabulously appointed bedrooms, listen to the girls beckoning in soft Spanish, and simply take his pick. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I started to tell him, to say—to translate her Spanish words into English. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She speaks quickly to her husband in Spanish but he just responds, “Ay, Carmelina,” and buries his head in the crook of his arm. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Yoyo and her sisters were forgetting a lot of their Spanish, and their father's formal, florid diction was hard to understand. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Now it’s one of the ritzy neighborhoods of Miami, with huge Spanish colonial houses and avenues of shade trees. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He gestured toward a print ad for Roach Motel written in Spanish above the rear exit door. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry, mi niño. It’s just that I’m always so happy to see you,” she tells us in Spanish. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z In one of my dreams I gave the talk entirely in Spanish. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Reverend Hunt says we will travel right past Florida without stopping because it belongs to the Spanish. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The priest spoke in Spanish, and she was able to light a candle at the altar for Papá’s soul, as she was certain Mamá was doing this morning in Ensenada. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z I remain committed to my eyes-on-the-shoes strategy, so I’m not sure but believe he’s released his grip on my arm so he can accompany the ranting in Spanish with flailing hand gestures. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z A self- made man, the illiterate, illegitimate, neglected son of an army captain, he ached with dreams of wealth and chivalric glory despite the fortune he had already acquired in the Spanish colonies. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Matt could read— slightly—both English and Spanish. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was mostly in Spanish, and the site had nice pictures on it. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z That came in Spanish, where he had scraped by with a 70. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She speaks Spanish too fast, but I’m learning to understand her better. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z These men he was happy to hire, and he’d learned a fair bit of Spanish along the way, but he had to be prepared for their short-notice disappearances. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I stumble over my Spanish and feel my face get hot. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z From an early age I knew that my mother and father could read and write both Spanish and English. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Taxi drivers yelled at each other in Spanish and tried to cut in line for customers. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I felt right at home when he spoke Spanish. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Then I hear Igor’s voice erupt in Spanish as he throws a car across the room, from the way it sounds. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Valeria doesn’t speak English, so all the thoughts I have to access are in Spanish. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z They talked for a while, and then in Spanish Farmer asked Choumy, “Can I send you two students this year?” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “Willie plans on building a professional class. One born and bred in Spanish Harlem.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Her voice, like so many of the Spanish voices I’d hear in public, recalled the golden age of my youth. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Dear Charles—my God this is a big city. They speak French and Spanish both. I’m sending you a book.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z And the whole of this wealth and power, Cortes subsequently explained to the Spanish king, flowed into the hands of Motecuhzoma. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I greeted him back in Spanish, but his accent was much better than mine. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The Spanish influenza epidemic has become more than a news item for us here. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z His voice was different now, all hints of Spanish gone. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z There stood the little Spanish horse, Jenny, just as Brother Luke had said, patiently waiting. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Christianity and totemism and ancestor worship . . . extinct languages, such as Zuni and Spanish and Athapascan . . . pumas, porcupines and other ferocious animals . . . infectious diseases . . . priests . . . venomous lizards ...” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It was thus a ghetto Spanish that I heard and I spoke. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you know where we can find Willie Bodega?” the old man asked in slow Spanish. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I had the advantage of being able to hear in the shrouded gallery of Latin sounds echoes of Spanish words familiar to me. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Slaves who ran away and lived beyond the control of the planters were called “maroons”—from the Spanish word cimarron for cattle that escaped and lived in the wild. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z “Some of these rocks have words chiseled into them. Spanish words.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Ben carried a basket into the school bus that was very heavy although he could not see the cargo since it was covered with a layer of Spanish moss. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Leona, insisted on Spanish and refused to answer when we said “Mrs.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He couldn’t quite translate what this girl was saying—like when he heard Spaniards or South Americans speaking Spanish. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Maybe that was why I sometimes used Spanish words when English words couldn’t fully explain what I needed to say. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z We spent the rest of the walk dissecting sentence structures and most of Spanish on a minute description of Mike’s facial expressions. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z It became a best-seller, was rapidly translated into other European languages, and sent a further stream of Spanish colonists to tighten Pizarro’s grip on Peru. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Valentin knows a store where they speak Spanish. He will take me there. It probably sells dresses for girls, too. Get Concha to take you the day she registers our first letter to Mamá.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z I like him when he’s with only me, when I’m tutoring him and drilling him on Spanish vocabulary. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z They gave her written exams in Spanish to see whether she could write a sentence, whether she could write a paragraph, whether she could do certain math problems. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Pe Pierre keeps a box for old newspapers, in French or Creole, some even in Spanish, which is hard to read. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z At some point she no doubt heard that Salazar was investigating Spanish Harlem. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I’d wait to hear her voice return to soft-sounding Spanish, which assured me, as surely as did the clicking tongue of the lock on the door, that the stranger was gone. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He tries to speak English but mixes Spanish in. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Its high, somewhat stiff collar against my neck, the wide cuffs touching my wrists, the rich material against my skin excited a sense of strangeness and distinction; I felt like some nobleman, some Spanish grandee. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “Where did you take this child from?” he asked me in his Spanish Creole. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The floors were shining, the walls a cool, soothing white, and the titles of the paintings were written in Spanish, with the English translation as a secondary thing. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z That’s what they do when someone is killed in Spanish Harlem, they investigate for a w'eek and if the media and the community don’t make a big deal of it, they leave it unsolved. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Tomorrow Spanish Harlem would run faster, fly higher, stretch out its arms farther, and one day those dreams would carry its people to new beginnings. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “I know you have trouble with your Spanish sometimes.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z For example, a smallpox epidemic devastated the Aztecs after the failure of the first Spanish attack in 1520 and killed Cuitlahuac, the Aztec emperor who briefly succeeded Montezuma. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z There are the usual conjectures about what it can be, the usual suspicion that there is a Spanish spy among us who is slipping ratsbane into our food and drink. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z As children, I realize, we always spoke Quichua, and now her Spanish words make her sound like a stranger, even though I no longer speak Quichua myself. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew an adequate Spanish, good enough for what he had to say. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The doctor hisses at him in Spanish, and he rolls his pants back down. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Following him, another Americano who spoke good Spanish discussed intestinal parasites. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Examine your motives,” Pilar reads from her book, translating into Spanish as she goes along. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Spanish landfalls in the Americas were at subtropical latitudes highly suitable for food production, based at first mostly on Native American crops but also on Eurasian domestic animals, especially cattle and horses. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “With a cactus on her forehead, and she can barely speak Spanish. This country is ruining your children, sister.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z After the gym, Jule swam a mile in the Playa Grande pool and spent the rest of the morning as she often did, sitting in the business lounge, watching Spanish instruction videos. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Grace rolled her eyes and walked away, muttering something under her breath in Spanish. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z It was also written in English and Spanish! The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z This touched Celia, and she wrote a special note to Irinita encouraging her to keep up her Spanish and promising to teach her how to swim. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He couldn’t yet speak Spanish, so Bayona acted as his interpreter as Farmer put his stethoscope to each person’s chest, asked questions, and studied everyone’s X-ray. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z He knelt before her in the tub and massaged black Spanish soap between her legs. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Therefore, it has been seen, and experience will show, that the Spanish cannot withstand French cavalry and that Spanish infantrymen can destroy the Swiss. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z He only speaks Spanish, which makes me nervous. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Spanish words wove with English words like braids. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z There were stately chairs with the badger arms stamped in gold on their Spanish leather seats—the leather was coming off—and a portrait of the Founder over the fireplace. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z To be able to think and speak in Spanish and not worry about translating my thoughts. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z “That is what Bartolo said we were to listen for—someone speaking Spanish,” Salvador said. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z And I’ll read them in English and Spanish because it’s for both languages. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z When I learned the Spanish word for succeed, I thought it was kind of ironic that the word exit is embedded in it. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z It is worth noting that the new geographical discoveries were swiftly accepted right across Europe—you did not need to be Spanish to believe that Columbus had discovered a new continent. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z And that students with Spanish surnames be admitted in greater numbers to colleges. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But it was still nice to hear some Spanish again. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z I love how the Spanish disco thumps out from windows, and how the people propped halfway out still jiggle and dance in the sill and frame. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z We’ll also be safe from the Spanish because it’s on a peninsula and we’ll be able to see any approaching Spanish ships for miles down the river. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The cafe waiter and all the railroad workers spoke Spanish. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I yearned for them to talk to me, especially anyone who looked as though they might speak Spanish. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z He asked them in Spanish, “What do you kids want?” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z "Your name," the old woman repeats, as if Yolanda hasn't asked him in Spanish. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Rambling treatises on the role of government in America with all the Gs written backward, paragraphs translated from English to Spanish, tables of his elementary school classmates’ strengths and weaknesses. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Frankie leaned over and whispered to me in Spanish, “Does she really think I want more schooling? Maybe I shouldn’t learn any more English.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z The people in Spanish Harlem had to go to work. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z She thought he might be Spanish, or Lebanese. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The man next to Bill was talking to him in Spanish and Bill was not getting it, so he offered the man one of the bottles of wine. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I cannot say this in Spanish, because I did not go to Spanish today. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I open my mouth to speak Quichua to her, but only Spanish comes out, and she stares at me, not understanding. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And in high school, I learned how to read and write Spanish. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Last month,” Nathan continued, “a Spanish priest from this place called Fort Mose came through here, trying to teach my daddy the ‘one true faith.’ Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Live oak trees, festooned with cool scarves of Spanish moss, and gnarled by a century of storms, loomed over the street. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Asma was originally from Algeria, and had been living in the U.S. for twenty years; she was usually taken for Spanish. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “They have a good selection of cards in Spanish.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “We’re not interested in a military coup, General,” the head of Embassy intelligence replied in studied Spanish. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The Spanish words felt like they were stuck in my teeth. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z One day I heard some Spanish academics whispering back and forth to each other, and their sounds seemed ghostly voices recalling my life. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Even in Spanish, he wouldn’t know the words for newspaper interview or modem etiquette or public speaking. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Chicano, the Spanish word, was a term lower-class Mexican-Americans had long used to name themselves. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I sort of used a lot of that canned stuff, though. I like that Spanish rice they got and that spaghetti with the tomato gravy.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Papá was fair-haired and light-complected, implying a Spanish bloodline rather than native Mexican, but Mamá did have olive skin, black hair, and dark eyes. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “I will need a book in Spanish and in English, Aunt Consuelo. I will pay for it if someone will buy it for me.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “But maybe she wrote in English too. I write in Spanish and in English sometimes,” Blanca said to him. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z His Spanish was so heavily salted with Zapotec, the language of Oaxaca’s biggest Indian group, that I could not make out a word of it; Ramirez Leyva had to translate. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z In Korean, there are no separate sounds for L and R, the sound is singular and without a baroque Spanish trill or roll. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The Spanish shipped silver from the mines of Bolivia to Manila in the Philippines, and bought Asian products there. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z “I’m looking for my daughter,” he said in Spanish. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The novelty of horses, steel weapons, and guns undoubtedly paralyzed the Incas at Cajamarca, but the battles after Cajamarca were fought against determined resistance by Inca armies that had already seen Spanish weapons and horses. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Nights when relatives visited and the front rooms were warmed by Spanish sounds, I slipped quietly out of the house. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I chewed on the inside of my lip and tried not to freak out at the thought of singing in Spanish. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z A floating reception force of more than four thousand Indians—two hundred war canoes, each carrying twenty or thirty people—greeted the Spanish. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z In barely audible Spanish, as if secret microphones or informers were all about, he whispered to his wife, "You will permit her to read that?" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I went to my room and grabbed my Spanish notebook and a pen. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z “Not the way we wanted it to. But my mom sure enjoyed my newfound mastery of Spanish cuisine. I also know some obscure historical trivia about Spain, the Spanish Armada, and, for some reason, Spaniels.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z The next day, I was surprised that Jessica wasn’t her usual gushing self in Trig and Spanish. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “It’s good to see you, m’hija,” he says in Spanish, still a little bewildered at my sudden appearance earlier this evening. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thanks, Joy. That will be fun homework. They put me in the dumb class because I couldn’t speak English. But now I can speak both English and Spanish!” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z He doesn't speak Spanish, just an Indian language. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I tell him I mostly like indie and New Wave, but he doesn’t know what those are, and they’re hard to explain in Spanish. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z We talked Spanish and the critic knew a little French. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I go up to the television to turn it off, and just then, she comes on, the only Spanish lady I’ve ever seen on TV. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z He nuzzles his head into its neck, cooing to it in Spanish. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Before them, surrounded by ferns and palm trees, white and powdery in the silent morning light, was an enormous Spanish galleon. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “But seriously, and don’t take this the wrong way. Can you even sing in Spanish?” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z El Diario, the Spanish newspaper, had covered the story in detail and featured a picture of the building facing Bushwick Avenue, with a dotted line from where the girl was thrown to where she fell. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z What unfolded that day at Cajamarca is well known, because it was recorded in writing by many of the Spanish participants. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She whispered in Spanish and touched him gently, rubbing his back and neck first, then brushing his ear and neck with her lips. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He finally accepted, telling her in Spanish, “Who am I to take from you the gift of giving?” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Then came something about her Spanish teacher, whose black button eyes stared from under her prickly gray eyebrows. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “And for your information, I can speak Spanish just fine. I choose not to.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Those creeps passed around the Spanish newspaper and clapped each other on the back, as if they themselves had struck a big blow against the forces of evil. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Some boys had cut off the long, sharp spears of a Spanish bayonet bush and they were chasing the girls with them. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She says a sentence in Spanish and puts the back of her hand to her forehead. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Those four battles involved a mere 80, 30, 110, and 40 Spanish horsemen, respectively, in each case ranged against thousands or tens of thousands of Indians. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It seemed like a nice cathedral, nice and dim, like Spanish churches. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Messages sent by the Mexican Army were likely to be in Spanish, for example. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “Then I must compliment you on a remarkable job—to learn so much so quickly. Are you ready to learn Spanish now as well?” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s as foreign as a Spanish word I haven’t learned yet, but funny enough it comes pretty easily. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z And we happily sounded that military drum roll, the twirling roar of the Spanish r. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a nervous time: every afternoon, one of his force later recalled, several thousand Indian soldiers approached in canoes to within “a stone's throw” of the Spanish and mocked them as they labored. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The driver stopped behind our Carcachita and, in perfect Spanish, ordered the passenger who rode in the bed of the truck to get off. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The thesis concerned the adoption of Spanish culture by the Pima Indians, who occupy a 372,000-acre reservation south of Phoenix. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Reading in Spanish was like putting on Abuela’s thick glasses and trying to pour cereal into a bowl. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She quoted him in Spanish, then translated for Yoyo into English. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z For the rest of our performance, I pogoed and twirled, and the lyrics didn’t stumble awkwardly out of my mouth like they sometimes did when I spoke Spanish. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Like Hernan Cortes, who conquered Mexico, Pizarro was born into the lower fringes of the nobility and hoped by his exploits to earn titles, offices, and pensions from the Spanish crown. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I’m looking in every newspaper, book and document I can find for the family trees of the French, German, Spanish, English, Austrian, Russian, Norwegian and Dutch royal families. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z It was clear that I was going to have to bail on my Tina-free classes: Spanish, math, and gym and art, which alternated days. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Now it was going to be just two—Italian and Spanish. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The Bordonis were Swiss, but Mrs. Bordoni was the daughter and heiress of a Spanish family that had settled in the Salinas Valley in very early times. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I could take Spanish one or two words at a time, but it was harder to put full sentences together. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Those sounds said: I am speaking with ease in Spanish. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They still looked Mexican to me even though their sister insisted they were all Spanish. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z But when I spoke to Arthur in Spanish and Miss Scalapino heard me, she said “NO!” with body and soul. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Lupita glanced at the overhead sign; it was not in Spanish. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Following such impulses, a few Spanish—and a few French, Portuguese, and British— deliberately spread disease. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Other men on either side, mostly out of sight but within easy hearing, moved noisily through the trees, calling out to each other, mostly in Spanish. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She insisted on speaking English with him, so much so that when Bloom tried to speak Spanish she accused him of wanting to mock her, make her angry, upset her days. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he carefully joined and nailed strips of Spanish cedar to the ribs of the frame to form the hull. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It was handwritten in Spanish, with English translations on the side. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She is originally from here but has lived many years in the States, for which she is sorry since her Spanish is not so good. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Omi ran over to the car, said something in Spanish through the open window, then came running back. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z You know how in languages like Spanish and French, you can pick out a word here or there because it sounds kind of like English? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Only cops roamed the streets, if not on foot, then patrolling in squad cars, slowly driving up and down the avenues, from First to Fifth, from 125th to 96th, circling Spanish Harlem like sharks. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z She wasn’t making any sense, but she kept repeating the same thing in Spanish. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z And then, after she swallowed, she elaborated: “English, because I always went to American schools. Spanish. Italian. And a little bit of Mandarin from my grandmother.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z I had called the consulate, filled out the papers, gotten them notarized and translated into Spanish. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z What gave the Spaniards a decisive advantage was smallpox, which reached Mexico in 1520 with one infected slave arriving from Spanish Cuba. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z What a lovely solemn girl she is, with her rich low voice and her mother’s Spanish blood. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z French slaves to the north of us, Spanish slaves to the south of us. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of these stores were also run by Jewish people, but they didn’t speak Spanish like the ones in la marketa. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z She says to him in Spanish, The man is leaving. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z They looked basically Black and you would think that they were until they opened their mouths to say something in Dominican, or Spanish. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “Almost everyone here speaks Spanish. We’re only two hours from Spain.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He took me to the main office and translated into Spanish some of the questions the principal asked me. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “Eduardo,” Barker said, using the Spanish version of Hunt’s cover name, “there was nothing there.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z And he sounded Cuban, so we could all speak Spanish to each other. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z The driver says something in Spanish and we all exit the bus. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z “This is not like him. The Spanish ambassador has been waiting.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He wonders distantly if Henry knows any Spanish. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Okay, fifteen minutes for Spanish, and then we’ll study in the tree.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He grew very rich very young in Spanish America by becoming a market leader in the nascent slave trade. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It’s up to us to say them in Spanish. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z "You can talk Spanish. And it would be more fun with two of us." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Bloom, with his wailing daughter cupped in the crook of one arm, started pushing back through the people, the smoke, and the Spanish babble. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In order to serve his rural clients, most of whom spoke Spanish, Bloom had painstakingly learned to speak that language well—but Linda had what almost amounted to an aversion toward her mother tongue. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Once when me and my mom were walking down the block speaking in Spanish, this guy yelled at us, ‘This is America! Speak English!’ Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Did you know that right now you are four years old and you speak Spanish perfectly? The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z When I thank him in Spanish, he’s surprised and wants to chat. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The next day, he gave his son a pouch that held three ancient Spanish gold coins. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In Louisiana, Mom had us climb up on the roof of the car and pull down tuffs of Spanish moss hanging from the tree branches. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Even better, she stood up to the hospital orderlies like a tigress.“He’s not needed here anymore!” she cried in both English and Spanish. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know Spanish, but I somehow know he’s saying my food is his. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z “A Mexican lady. Speaking Spanish. She asked about a white American girl with short blond hair, traveling alone,” said Donovan. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He grabbed a mesh basket by the door and threw in a Spanish Inquisition comic. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z It was grand to take Spanish at Vocational. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z They turned all those beautiful golden sculptures into boring Spanish coins and shipped boatloads of them back to the king and queen of Spain, who loved the gold but wanted even more. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “And maybe I can, you know, pick up some Spanish along the way.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “I just bombed me some Spanish,” Radar said. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z The Spanish sack of Tawantinsuyu calamitously expanded on this tradition of plunder, which has greatly accelerated in modern times, fueled by the desperate poverty of Peru’s Indian population. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Even in Spanish, the word makes a rash erupt on the backs of her hands. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She starts talking Spanish so fast, I can barely make out a word. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Mira, my study partner from sophomore Spanish, waves to me when I walk in. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Not one word, English or Spanish, occurred to her. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z At the moment he was at his home in Málaga, a beach town on the Spanish Mediterranean, in his cluttered office, tracking this storm making its way across Florida. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z We have all the Spanish supermarkets now, and the school district started those English programs. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The Americans had a greater tendency to name places for people than had the Spanish. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She gives several recent examples in her confused Spanish. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z For the first time in my life I had seen scaffolding all over Spanish Harlem. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z In Spanish he knew all the languages, but for as long as he’d been speaking English, he believed he knew it only in certain realms. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “I mean you get to speak Spanish and English,” I went on. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Although Sam knows a little Spanish, he rarely understands Chucha, who has a tendency to mumble and mix in Haitian words with her Spanish. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z On the following day he appeared before the judges with his hair dyed black and speaking flawless Spanish. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Luis turned to his father and said a few words in Spanish. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember I asked him whether it was okay that I wasn’t Spanish. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z He used ornate Spanish words that we assumed were scientific talk for teeth, gums, and tongue. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z At the front office we were met by Mr. Grant, a droopy gentleman with thick glasses and a kind smile who spoke no Spanish. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The Spanish conquistador Cortez recruited the rebels as allies, making it possible for the Spanish to crush Mexico and level its cities in a three-year genocidal war. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Aided by bucklers and their own agility, the Spanish got in between and underneath the Germans’ long pikes and were able to hurt them at their pleasure, without the Germans having any remedy. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z I was surrounded by diverse bodies and faces; I was hearing Spanish in one ear and Chinese in the other. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z It was the first time I had read about someone with a Spanish name. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z A man wearing a cowboy hat and a sheepskin jacket plunged into sight a short way ahead and waved, then veered out of sight again speaking rapid-fire Spanish into his walkie-talkie. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “There was once a slave girl,” the tall, handsome, and very young Roberto Vega said calmly in Spanish. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “You can’t help me with my Spanish homework, but you speak Swahili?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z My mother and father scorned those ‘white’ Mexican-Americans who tried to pass themselves off as Spanish. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z With the help of a map, gestures, Spanish, and figures, Nat managed to learn a lot. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “I guess I just didn’t want to hear you criticize everything like you usually do. My Spanish or my clothes,” I said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z “So, you wanna talk about it?” says his father’s voice, in Spanish, from somewhere to his left. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z My father says in Spanish, “These are your cousins and brother and sister, Virginia.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He turns around and starts talking in Spanish, saying Clark Gable knows what as he takes off his smock, hangs it on a hook. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I was surprised to find out that I’d tested into the fluent class, since my Spanish sounded like it had been put in a blender and pulsed into a mess of sounds and letters. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z “We need to wake you people up,” she said in Spanish. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I still can’t get over the fact that she knows so much Spanish. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z And then I thought he didn’t understand, so I yelled at him in Spanish. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z I turned to watch this Spanish dude stand near a wall, with his knees bent, staring off into space. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Our unit's managed to avoid it thus far, but the Spanish influenza is taking its toll. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The Spanish teacher had traveled once in Europe. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I fell onto the nearest couch and listened as the words “STORY IN DEVELOPMENT” scrolled across the screen in Spanish and an ominous tune began to play in the background. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Space funk goggles wrapped around his dignified, long-jawed head, on top of which sat, or sailed really, the Spanish galleon of a velvet maroon hat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I ducked inside the Spanish lab to study her through the window in the door. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He tells me how he heard that the Spanish came and massacred all of the French settlers—men, women, and children. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Catalina was originally from Spain and she was fluent in both Spanish and French. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The Hispanic couple howls that they were here first and someone comes out to talk to them in Spanish. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The height of violence for us was on the weekly television Western imported from Hollywood and dubbed clumsily in Spanish. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Immediately after saying "It's for a friend," I realize that I should have said, "I'm trying to learn Spanish." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z “I wish I knew more than, like, five words of Spanish. Have you ever been to Mumbai?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Admittedly, it was the worst poem written in the Spanish language. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He alw'ays spoke in Spanish, though he understood and could speak English when he needed or wanted to. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z They are surprised when they hear me talking Spanish with Mami. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z In Spanish she called out to me, sounding the whistle of her ancient breath. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “And German and Spanish and Greek and a little Gaelic.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The street signs written in both English and Spanish. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z It turns out that Vicente doesn’t speak much English, so we talk to each other in Spanish instead. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z At such times I even suspected that my nostalgia for sounds—the noisy, intimate Spanish sounds of my past— was nothing more than effeminate yearning. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It was in Spanish that I first learned to pray. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind my eyes I conjugate irregular Spanish verbs. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “How about a game that helps you learn Spanish?” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z But what could I say in Spanish, even if I could have pronounced the words right? Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In a conflict that lasted nearly a month, rangers and their Indigenous allies attacked Spanish and Indigenous towns and villages, looting and burning them, taking scalps, and hunting for people who had escaped slavery. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z When Nazario introduced me, he proudly declared, “See, Chino, there’s two museums in Spanish Harlem.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Every afternoon since school had started she had fun speaking the new Spanish words and sentences. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I read a few lines in Spanish, then I glanced over to the English. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I don’t actually know what she’s saying because she’s talking in Spanish, but I can tell by her tone, and by Isabella’s face, that it’s definitely a lecture. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Seeing my blank face, my father speaks in broken Spanish, choppy and slow. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “We talked some, he was very shy, but after a while he said, ‘One thing I really like is Spanish rice.’ In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z She assured me she had nothing whatsoever against minorities; she and her husband, who owned a chain of office-supply stores, personally knew many fine people who were Oriental, Spanish, and even black. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z There were books in Spanish strewn across the berth, swollen and shapeless. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The texts were in formal Spanish, with thee and thou, and grammar that was hard to follow. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Although the boy is taught in English at school, he rarely uses anything but Spanish at home. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He sat at the long bar nursing vodkas with cranberry juice, glancing at the soccer match on TV and the busty Brazilian bartender who spoke only a little Spanish. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Some say it came from a Spanish novel that Hans had read. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The Spanish affair was more nearly an expedition than a war. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Melquíades answered that effort at communication at times by giving forth with phrases in Spanish that had very little to do with reality. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The verses were in Spanish, and I had a feeling I was going to end this reading session with a headache. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I envy my mother her Spanish curses sometimes. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I stretched my smile even bigger, proud that he understood my rough Spanish. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The same force had returned there to battle the Spanish. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Or date with a gorgeous Spanish girl who has an adorable accent. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Instead of hanging their orders on a rack, the waiters shouted them out, in Greek, Spanish, and a kind of fractured English. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “Yeah, but we just say Spanish. Like Spanish food. Whatever, that’s just what we say.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Half the time he doesn't know whether he's using his CIA crash course in Spanish or his prep school Latin or his college French. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z "I'll ask. Where is the drunken comrade?" he asked in Spanish. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I noticed them conferring over the dead, naked turkeys on the back porch, speaking low in Spanish. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z And when some older men tipped their cowboy hats, mumbling, “Buenos dias, como le ha ido, amigo?” it suddenly dawned on Herbie that maybe these people he had come to help spoke Spanish. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z To my delight, he sent them to me in Spanish. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There were long periods of silence, because Ito spoke only English and Papá spoke only Spanish. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The first British colonial militias fought Indigenous people and French and Spanish colonizers. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z And I don’t speak a word of Spanish, but when I look at his face, I get it. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z I can only speak a little bit of Spanish, because Mama used to say it was better if we learned good English. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z Then he led us out to this other old Mexican dude wearing a sombrero, said something in Spanish, and they both nodded. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Most of the foster families live in different parts of the country and speak very little Spanish.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z I found out it means ‘Sea’ in Spanish. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Many of them spoke Spanish, which made it easy for Mami to negotiate the price of everything. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z My mom, when she’s at home, she loves to sing in Spanish. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z In Spanish, he’d sound light and free notes he never could manage in English. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally he reached the place where Melquíades used to set up his tent and he found a taciturn Armenian who in Spanish was hawking a syrup to make oneself invisible. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He filled the shocked silence with the information that a trip to Mexico would give me an opportunity to practice Spanish. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t speak Spanish, but I know that means “welcome.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z That was fairly interesting, but then I noticed his back, which was almost entirely covered by a long poem in Spanish, tattooed in a flowing script. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Translations just confuse it, dilute it, like words going from Spanish to English. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Mamá ironed while she listened to the Spanish radio station. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “You didn’t know? Ximena’s such a Spanish name. You want something to drink?” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Words in English and Spanish thundered through a bullhorn. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z A few days after the book episode, Manuel Gustavo arrives for the noon meal, and since Fifi is still at her Spanish class, we decide to have a little talk with him. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Even though they lived here, in this concrete desert, tonight they would go home, walking the streets of Spanish Harlem fearing no evil, for the Lord was with them. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I paused, searching for the right words in Spanish. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He said, “Around here, some folks speak French, some speak in Creole, and they is some that speak Spanish.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She gave me a hall pass so that I could go to the gym when I was supposed to be in Spanish. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Like me and Spanish might belong together after all if we gave each other a chance. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z With firm Spanish sounds, he conveyed confidence and authority English would never allow him. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert Cohn spent the mornings studying Spanish or trying to get a shave at the barber-shop. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z If I spoke Spanish, I think a little part of me would want to say, “Thank you for saving me, Juan. I owe you one.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Any silver that English or French pirates could steal from the Spanish was also ideal for buying Asian cloth. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z “I need to speak Spanish, Mr. Farooqi. My little sister goes to a Spanish-immersion school. I want to be able to help her with her homework. I need a Spanish-language jelly bean.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z In these houses lived Jews, Irish, Germans, and some Spanish Civil War refugee families that had fled the new Franco regime before the onset of the Second World War. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z On my way back to Spanish Harlem, I figured that it wasn’t Fischman that had set that fire in retaliation for Salazar’s death. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Bodega had, because no one but one of its own residents was going to improve Spanish Harlem. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Bobby loved languages and, in addition to being fluent in Spanish, was becoming adept at Russian and German. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “They were like torture tools from the Spanish Inquisition.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I don’t remember much Spanish from school, but he uses the word madre. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z But I only speak in Spanish with my family. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “Why are you wishing Penny immortality and world domination while she’s learning how to say ‘one’ in Spanish?” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z In 1815, California was nothing more than a distant Spanish colony—a colony this woman had probably never heard of. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Paul waited in the hallway of the State Department to be seen by Colby, but the appointment was delayed by a visit from the Spanish ambassador. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z We are all seated around the dining room table under a lamp that looks like a Spanish candelabra. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She teases Diana when she flubs a phrase in Spanish. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Hunt managed to sell only a few of his captives before local Roman Catholic priests seized the rest—the Spanish Church vehemently opposed brutality toward Indians. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “We didn’t ask for this problem,” Amarante croaked in his garbled Spanish. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He talked Spanish quite well, and the innkeeper would not take our money. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I preferred to hang around Arthur, one of the boys who knew a little Spanish. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z A green, spacious campus with white buildings, great trees streaming Spanish moss. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z His mother’s father told me that her mother had been a Spanish woman. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone I pass stares at me from a distance and then, as we grow closer, looks down at their feet and mumbles buenas tardes, senorita in heavily accented Spanish. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad spoke fluent Spanish, and since I had studied for a year we were able to converse slightly. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The guards know little, and most do not speak Spanish. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He learned Spanish words for food and pleasure, and he learned that when people are very poor they still have something to give and the impulse to give it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z During those years when I was first conscious of hearing, my mother and father addressed me only in Spanish; in Spanish I learned to reply. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She is waiting in a flowered shawl by the fountain for her lover, her Spanish lover, the lover before Jorge, and her hair is twisted with high combs. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m in the basement when she’s on the third floor, I’m in the gym when she’s all the way across the school in Orchestra Hall, I’m in the science wing when she’s in Spanish. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Is this the Spanish ship we have been dreading, come to attack and kill us all? Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z It was hard to believe, but the cap’n smiled, and I know for sure it was a smile ’cause most the Spanish moss moustache was now on the barbershop floor. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z A scratchy Victrola was playing guitars and trumpets; a man sang sad Spanish words. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I remembered those springs when she would wear thin cotton dresses to class and make me moan and ache in Spanish Harlem. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z In Spanish, he expressed ideas and feelings he rarely revealed in English. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Back home I almost never heard it unless Mom spoke it or happened to be listening to something in Spanish. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z So that whole morning, while I basically sleepwalked though science, math, ELA, and Spanish, I couldn’t stop replaying the scene in the band room. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Aureliano Segundo had come across him by chance as he protested in broken Spanish because there were no rooms at the Hotel Jacob, and as he frequently did with strangers, he took him home. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z It was indeed in the Spanish interest to exaggerate the extent of human sacrifice, because ending what Cortes called this “most horrid and abominable custom” became a post hoc rationale for conquest. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Lila is nodding vigorously and says a bad word in Spanish, which normally would make me snicker admiringly. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z I did not realize that they were talking in Spanish however until, at the moment they saw me, I heard their voices change to speak English. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z During one ten-month period she gave 123 concerts in fifteen different countries, performing a repertoire that included over two hundred songs and arias in German, Italian, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Finnish, and other languages. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Huge live oak trees lined each side of the road, with dangling beards of Spanish moss hanging from each branch. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z And someday I’d maybe go down to Mexico for real, I told her, maybe I’d even live there and learn Spanish and visit where my grandparents were from. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He could not decide for certain whether the voice was German, French, or Spanish. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I thought fast as the couple laughed and jabbered at me in incomprehensible Spanish. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you leave, you lose Spanish protection and are subject to the laws of the colonies.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z In Spanish, they told her they had a delivery for Dr. Fielding. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She brought us a few groceries and introduced us to the camp foreman, who spoke Spanish. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “If any of you have noticed since September,” Blessington pointed out, “this is English class, not Spanish. Julia-day-Burgos”—he pronounced her name with a thick accent—“wrote only in Spanish.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z A few days later Nat was ready to start learning Spanish; he had a dictionary, a grammar, and a New Testament. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The Spanish soldier looked at the three children and smiled. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The same five harvesters were there, and Elvio talked and joked with them all, sometimes in English but mostly in Spanish. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z He told his friends his wishes in Spanish and they steered him to the car. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “I just felt like it,” I say in Spanish, shrugging. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, he speaks Spanish just like us,” I said enthusiastically. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Inigo brought it to his lips and with all the fervor in his great Spanish heart kissed the metal.... The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The crash of scraping metal was followed immediately by a volley of Spanish hurled at me from all directions. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z But to accelerate his progress, she began to speak to him in Spanish, coaxed him to take up his text, and tutored him, and within a short while he was receiving high grades. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I took two years of Spanish in high school and can say only a handful of phrases, but I recognize that word. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “Really?” said Jake, realizing he still didn’t understand Spanish, even if he did now know how to cook Spanish food better than the kids on MasterChef Junior. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Mounted on their strange, monstrous beasts, the Spanish rode at the forefront of an army of perhaps twenty thousand Tlaxcalans. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She talked of nothing but the dance on the way to Spanish, continuing as if without an interruption when class finally ended, five minutes late, and we were on our way to lunch. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “There’s no rule against writing in Spanish. It’s up to you.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z All were lovingly ornamented with Spanish leather in scarlet, and with gold tooling. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I think maybe he is the one who was speaking Spanish. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t hear Isabella speak Spanish that much. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z I recount such incidents only because they suggest the fierce power Spanish had for many people I met at home; the way Spanish was associated with closeness. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He thinks speaking Spanish in school isn’t cool. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z In Spanish class today, they were supposed to write a letter in Spanish to a friend. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “School is okay, I guess. I love my Spanish class.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I start thinking I know more Spanish than I thought, because I’ve translated more words in the last hour than I did all last year in Spanish class. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z I overheard one voice gently wondering, ‘Do your children speak only Spanish at home, Mrs. Rodriguez?’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And even though Farinango sounds more indigenous than Spanish, I have heard of mestizos with the same last name. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I ended up yelling his name and mine into the mouthpiece for a minute or two while the lady yabbered away in Spanish, but we never got any further than that. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “I don’t know, Willie, that sounds like something out of the sixties, know what I’m sayin’? Something about declaring war on poverty and Spanish Harlem being a prisoner of war. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “See, the Spanish own this Florida territory, and it be needin’ protection from the English, who they is always fighting with. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z After all, Spanish cedar was expensive, having to be imported from its native South America. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Bodega looked around and took a deep breath as if he were smelling a rose rather than Spanish Harlem air. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “Well, I missed homeroom. I was late to math, and I went to Spanish. Then Señora brought me here.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z In heavily accented, hard to understand Castilian Spanish he described the necessity of eating portions of each of the foods on his chart every day. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He gingerly eased himself up, exhaling a slew of Spanish curses as he got to a full standing position, then swiveled his hips in a creaky circle, stomping forward arthritically. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z It’s an island in the middle of the ocean where people speak English and Spanish and sometimes a mix of both. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z When he had gone only a short distance, he realized that, while they were erecting the stall, one of them had spoken Arabic and the other Spanish. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A little radio was up on a shelf blaring out some song in Spanish, but their voices drowned it out as they sang along. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z My first instinct was to answer her in Spanish, but I held back. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z At the end of Spanish class Mr. Flores asks if I can stay and talk with him. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “I’ve been staring at it all day, in between Spanish lessons. How do we find ‘X’ if the location of the fire pit remains unknown? The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z I saw the little Spanish columns and gated entrance of Books and More Books. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “I feel like a whole new world has opened up to me. Between you being so white and not speaking Spanish I keep forgetting you’re even Puerto Rican. Your last name always reminds me though.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z A bunch of kids came strolling down the street, hawking Spanish limes. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Joan took Spanish and German in high school and was adept in both, “Industry!” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “You’re that little Spanish brat I taught a lesson to,” he said, coming closer now, examining the scars. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t speak Spanish, none of us spoke English, and, it appeared, neither did he. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “French, German, Spanish, Italian, and enough Swedish to get along.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Mom said it was one of the bonuses of living at the LBJ Apartments, because we’d be able to pick up a little Spanish without even studying. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The Spanish word corrida means in English the running of bulls—the French translation is Course de taureaux. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z But he relaxed when we greeted him in Spanish. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I ask Lorenzo hopefully, and in Spanish, when the lady goes inside for the machetes. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z He had told them he was seeing "a Spanish girl," and he reported they said that should be interesting for him to find out about people from other cultures. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Finally Elvio explained, “Mamá knows almost no English. We always have to speak Spanish to her.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z He rises from his chair, and I am so sure he is going to ask me that I feel a twinge of disappointment when he turns instead to the wife of the Spanish ambassador. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s not like I wanted her to tuck us in at night and sing us a lullaby in Spanish like she used to. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z But he did try to calculate how many died from Spanish disease and brutality. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z To him, I knew all the languages of English the way he did those of Spanish. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The French, the Belgians, the Dutch, the Portuguese, the Spanish and other white nations have weakened steadily as nonwhite Asians and Africans have recovered their lands. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I mean, there was the time I yelled at Mr. Crue, because he kept being mean about us not understanding Spanish well enough to speak in the perfect accent or whatever. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z "They come from Biarritz," Mike said, "They come to see the last day of the quaint little Spanish fiesta." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “We’re going to Chihuahua,” I lied in perfect Spanish, a task that was not difficult, since Spanish was our first language. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I’ll have to explain it all to her later in Spanish. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z He turned the same charm he had used to gather pupils for his Spanish dance class to collecting a growing number of disciples. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Leastways, I think it was a smile; the cap’n’s moustache was growed so wild that it hung o’er his lips like thick Spanish moss in a swamp. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Zeide was born in Russia and he mixes Spanish and Yiddish when he talks. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Each afternoon they returned, as they left in the morning, always together, speaking in Spanish as they climbed the five steps of the porch. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yep. It’s been in our family for centuries. It’s also in Spanish.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t blame you. But these eight-year-old virgins are really only thirty-two. And they’re not really half Spanish but only one-third Estonian.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z On the Upper East Side an apartment facing the East River would be priceless, but this is Spanish Harlem, where most rents are subsidized by Section Eight. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Its people had been American citizens since the Spanish American war. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I love the way curse words sound in different languages, but Spanish is my favorite. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Jennifer and I were paired up in Spanish class for a project on a Latin American city. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I say the words in Spanish and English, so she knows how much I mean it. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “But Mexico. We could slip in, no papers. Lay low. I’ve got a plan to get there, too. I’ll sign on as a porter. And I’m learning Spanish.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Snuffy shrugged and, in Spanish, suggested the regional director place one of his fingers somewhere and then afterward suck on it like on a popsicle stick. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Like the kids that sell the Spanish limes?” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Papi sits on the chair next to my bed, reading a Spanish newspaper. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z As tensions intensified between the Spanish in Florida and the southern British colonies, both the Spanish and the British sought to win over the Cherokee Nation as an ally. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z In particular, federal authority was questioned and tested west of the mountains from Canada to Spanish Florida. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z After the toast, the Spanish ambassador presents this illustrious descendant of the great Conquistador with yet another medal. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In Spanish I yelled, “Stop! Please stop for me!” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Carmen chimed in excitedly in Spanish every time I stopped to take a breath. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Therefore, above all else, the Duke should have created a Spanish pope. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z I did not know that when the Spanish conquistadors came, crazed for gold, they conquered us, and over the centuries, two kinds of people emerged in Ecuador. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z To the girl’s father and the other doctors, he spoke in Spanish, reviewing treatment options. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Valencia had been on the phone for maybe ten minutes when the Spanish stopped and she switched to English. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I wanted to send for Father Goubeaux—I said first thing tomorrow I’d make him Spanish rice—but he just held my hand tighter. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah. I was telling my brother how I could have taken Chinese or German but that I decided to stick with Spanish, and he couldn’t believe it.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Then there’s a channel entirely in Spanish playing what is surely a sappy soap opera. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z At the end of that week, I was, to my astonishment, given a small part to play, that of the Messenger in The Spanish Tragedy. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The contractor knew enough Spanish, and the Mexicans—or at least the oldest of them, their spokesman— seemed to know enough English to communicate. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z "Don't embarrass us, please, Sandi!" she said, and then laughed when Papi reminded her that Spanish was not a secret language in this place. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z It was a Spanish remake, I think—a comedy-gangster movie, full of hit men, bullets, and a suitcase full of stolen Swiss francs. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “A little Spanish in honor of your noble heritage.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z From there we will be able to protect James Town from a Spanish invasion—we’ll stop the Spanish ships before they even enter the river. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z But Mami says how is she supposed to remember all the crazy ways the Americans have changed Spanish around. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z I just sit there like a fool, making small talk and boring observations about stray animals, hoping I don’t embarrass myself with my limited Spanish vocabulary. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The trees draped in Spanish moss were even spookier, the brambly bushes thicker, the hairy vines more twisted. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z ‘I can see what you have. I will help you out for two or three loads of meat. Otherwise . His voice trailed off and the hunters started whispering among themselves. “He knew some Spanish. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Mainly Dimple tried not to be jealous that not only was Celia smart and glamorous and rich and beautiful, but she also spoke passable Spanish, excellent French, and fluent English. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The colonial account of Inka history closest to indigenous sources is byjuan de Betanzos, a Spanish commoner who rose to marry an Inka princess and become the most prominent translator for the colonial government. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The different representatives had all spoken their own languages—French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I made it my mission to avoid Selena as much as possible in the cafeteria, but it was like the fates conspired to bring us together in the worst possible place: Spanish class. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z He spoke some Spanish, and that was how they had communicated, but he could not write Spanish. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Listen to me, mi hija, the flan is just as good as in Cuba. Let’s forget we ever lived there,” she says in Spanish. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z They tested their new bombers in the Spanish Civil War, which began in 1936, using aircraft for brutal and ruthless attacks on civilians as well as soldiers. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Victims of cancer or car accidents, once they heard my story, they hobbled and wheeled over to see me, they and their families, though none of them spoke English and I spoke no Spanish. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Fortunately, a porter—he gestured toward a young inmate cleaning the children’s play area—had written a love letter for him in Spanish. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Rather, he was something of a poet, an inventor of on-the-spot ballads called corridos, and at one time he had been able to read and write in both English and Spanish. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Some messages were in German, others were in Spanish, and a smattering of them were in other languages. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z As Mami began to explain that this restaurant had shows of Spanish dancers as well as yummy Spanish food, a series of thumps sounded on the floor from below. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Maybe in Spanish she could tell him what she meant. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Most students took a foreign language they might actually be able to use someday, like Mandarin, or Hindi, or Spanish. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z But Zeitoun had a sudden hope, given that the crew was Spanish, that the footage might be broadcast to his brother in Málaga. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I was grateful that we all spoke Spanish, so it wasn’t that I couldn’t understand. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z I was advised that the name Rocinante painted on the side of my truck in sixteenth-century Spanish script would cause curiosity and inquiry in some places. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The guy asks me what we would like in Spanish and I answer in English. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z He could read ten years beyond his level, do math that left Tam Lin bewildered—and irritated—and speak both English and Spanish fluently. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z For example, the Spanish conquistadores wished to exact tribute from Mexico’s defeated native populations, so they were very interested in the Aztec Empire’s tribute lists. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The girl she had been back home in Spanish was being shed. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The writing is in pidgin English and Spanish and Mandarin and then languages I have never seen. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Their singing and all those sad Spanish words and the sweet spicy smells of the food at their hands all mixed together into something that stuck me right there where I was standing. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z If her husband insisted she speak in Spanish to the girls so they wouldn't forget their native tongue, she'd snap, "When in Rome, do unto the Romans." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z When I got back to Spanish Harlem, the sun had set. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I saw it on television, in a Spanish bar, when I was stationed in Madrid. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then I switch and drill her with the Spanish side. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z A tall American draped with cameras approached and asked us in his accented Spanish what our feelings were today. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Emerson was in a fancy neighborhood with streets canopied by eucalyptus trees, and the school building looked like a Spanish hacienda, with a red terra-cotta roof. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He said I love you, Spanish girl, I love you, and pressed his sour mouth to mine. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d thought by picking something that I’d studied in Cuba, the whole thing would be easy to do, but it was hard to express myself in English when all my thoughts were in Spanish. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z They nailed his left hand to Spanish Harlem, his right to Watts, his feet to Overtown, Miami. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z He didn’t mention his wife, not even in passing, but he wrote that he spoke Spanish to his little girl so she’d be able to talk with her grandmother someday. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Everything was in order for the people to know who was in control,” the Spanish priests wrote. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z After a while he switched to more of a Spanish- style, fingerpicking type of playing. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And in PR, even though we had to speak English and Spanish in school, I still liked speaking in Spanish better. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “Gracias. Perhaps someday I will buy a book that is in Spanish and in English, too.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z They claimed that possession of the entire world west of that line would be open to Spanish conquest. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z He starts in Spanish, then switches to English. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z “Why do you think I don’t know Spanish?” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z I don’t know how to write poetry, but there was a Spanish bookseller with a real genius for rhyme from whom I ordered poems and songs—anything whose raw material was paper and ink. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The cafeteria was noisy with kids laughing and talking sometimes in English, sometimes in Spanish, and sometimes in a combination bouncing back and forth between languages. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z He said I love you, I love you, Spanish girl. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z But I had no place to escape to with Spanish. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Jake never knew what Mr. Lyons was saying when, all of a sudden, he dropped a little Spanish. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z He took great interest in me after he realized that I couldn’t answer his questions in Spanish. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Spanish and French narratives cannot be taken at face value, and in any case say nothing substantial about disease. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The Spanish invaders were stunned to find warehouses overflowing with untouched cloth and supplies. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I would hear Mom tell my abuela to speak to me in Spanish, but she never did. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z They sipped sangria at the bar of a Spanish restaurant, a grinning pig’s head presiding over their conversation. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The second, also dark, probably Spanish, was as erect and slender as the blade of steel that was attached to his side. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I knew my mom met my dad in Puerto Rico, but I never knew she spoke so much Spanish. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z “But not forgotten. The volunteer, Goldstein, he said Mondragon had a gun, screamed something in Spanish, and ran up a hill into the trees.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z On the flagstone paving beneath both lanterns there were old plantation pots in which Spanish daggers grew and extended their sharply pointed stilettos. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Embarrassed, my parents would regularly need to explain their children’s inability to speak flowing Spanish during those years. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He sang a little bit of the Spanish part. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z This original sin against my family told whenever anyone addressed me in Spanish and I responded, confounded. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry, Lupita, you will understand what the actors say. The theater we are going to has films in Spanish. I will ask Uncle Fidencio if you can come.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z But outside the door to our Spanish class, leaning against the wall — looking more like a Greek god than anyone had a right to — Edward was waiting for me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “I guess you’ll be seeing snow for the first time. How do you say ‘snow’ in Spanish?” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z “Gordo, that huge Spanish dude that taught us music in the fourth grade?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I am yours always, Celia For twenty-five years, Celia wrote her Spanish lover a letter on the eleventh day of each month, then stored it in a satin- covered chest beneath her bed. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Her Spanish voice came near, like the face of a never-before-seen relative in the instant before I was kissed. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thanks. My mom and dad came to America fromCuba. We still speak Spanish in my house...and English, of course.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Although the Spaniards’ superior weapons would have assured an ultimate Spanish victory in any case, the capture made the conquest quicker and infinitely easier. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “You singing in Spanish,” she said, swishing her long skirt left and right. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z The forty-year-old paperboy, who didn’t understand Spanish, just glared at him suspiciously. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She whispers to me in Spanish, “Keep it, mi niña, keep it. We will both try to forget about Cuba. We’re in America now. No more tears, mi niña. Just a bright happy future.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z The Spanish officer picked up their logbook in one gloved hand, wheeled, and tossed it overboard. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I realize she doesn’t recognize the phrase in Spanish or English. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z And I said something to him in Spanish, and he couldn’t understand me. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z “The lines are always a mile long and everything I need to whip up Spanish dishes is there,” Kent says. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z To eat and speak Spanish in Argentina, in Costa Rica. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z A dainty white lady at the women’s club luncheon approaches the podium after my speech to say, after all, wasn’t it a shame that I wasn’t able to ‘use’ my Spanish in school. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He started going at the Spanish moss moustache and the cap’n grabbed his arm. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Joy goes on excitedly, “And since you know Spanish, I’d like you to read these poems by José Marti. He was the great independence leader of Cuba.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z It had a crew of twenty and was easily the size of a Spanish caravelle. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z After a few minutes, he starts humming tunes in Spanish. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z It’s Baba’s favorite joke in Spanish, a pun. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z We drive on, and I read more signs that are mostly in Spanish. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Not open with vowels the way Spanish was. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z He speaks a slower, more polite Spanish than our Cuban Spanish—which Papi says is always in a rush to catch a train. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z As the camera panned an empty pier, still wet from the afternoon rain, the Spanish newscaster reported that there was evidence of a struggle. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “And to hell with the syndicate too, even though I do have a share. I don’t want any eight-year-old virgins, even if they are half Spanish.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He’s pouring water from the kettle through two filters poised over mugs and has begun singing to himself in Spanish. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I can see only their backs as the pastor speaks to them, in Spanish, for which I am grateful. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In September, Gogol returns to high school to begin his junior year: honors biology, honors U.S. history, advanced trigonometry, Spanish, honors English. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I was walking from calculus to Spanish when I saw them in the hallway, sitting behind a long table. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She’s always cooking all kinds of foods, not just Korean food but Spanish, Chinese, Italian, Vietnamese, and even Russian. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z I had heard enough Spanish from Mexican workers that following the language wasn’t so hard. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t answer, even though I’ve learned a good bit of Spanish from playing with some mestizo children in the cow pasture. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of them stayed on grants as large as principalities, given to them by Spanish kings who had not the faintest idea of the gift. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Why would you come to Italy to see Spanish steps?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Still, what remains is enough to indicate how the Mexica viewed their position vis-a-vis the Spanish: defeated, but not unequal. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He brought the construction kit of the Spanish galleon model, and worked at it in here. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Profesora Shields had given us all pocket-sized Spanish/English dictionaries to carry with us so that we could look things up with ease. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “It is a bastardization of our language,” she said, “which in Puerto Rico is Spanish.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “That’s what they call oranges in Spain, and these are Spanish oranges. And—oh, yes. Don’t forget Piltdown Man.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Mrs. Vega shouted something after me in Spanish, but I didn’t know what she had said because she had said it so fast. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z In 1790, however, despite the presumptive dreams of a continental empire, the Louisiana Purchase remained in the future and the vast trans-Mississippi region continued under Spanish ownership. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z That was how Naomi’s brain, still keyed to Spanish, stored the words her mother sent her with when the second disaster came just after Naomi’s seventh birthday. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “I have to admit, I was a little worried about your Spanish,” Joe said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Everyone sings “Happy Birthday,” in Spanish and English. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Since he had the credit card his mother gave him “for groceries only,” he zipped through the aisles of the cramped market and grabbed everything he knew he needed to create Spanish tapas! The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z But she knew from my application essay that I wanted to take Spanish and that I wanted to travel, so she said, “Jade, St. Francis provides opportunities for our students to travel the world.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z ‘First we go to Rome for Spanish steps. Then we go to Greece for Italian ice cream.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He whispered an aside to me: “I’m a little rusty, hut I think I’ll use Spanish now. He prefers it on delicate matters.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z I knew it was from Cuba right away because of the funny stamp and the Spanish words in the return address. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z It feels like she even laughs in Spanish, because her smile gets so, so big. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z When I was a little kid, Spanish Harlem was different. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z One of Kelsey’s reports showed a 97 average, but then she got a 78 on a Spanish test. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “It means, ‘Call me when you start speaking Spanish’!” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z When the drinks arrived, Papi made a funny toast, in Spanish and loud enough for the waiters' benefit, but they were all too professional, and if they did overhear, no one chuckled. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z "And Jake kept interrupting me. Why do you interrupt me? Do you think you talk Spanish better than I do?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z They shouted stuff to each other and us in Spanish. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I understand some of the words in Spanish, and the rest I can more or less fill in. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They seemed to think that Spanish was the only language we could use, that Spanish alone permitted our close association. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Tonight the singing had come first, squeaking out of the iron bed, a man singing in Spanish, the melody of a familiar love song, two words again and again, “Y volvere. ” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z It’s crazy stocked with everything from waffles to mini Spanish omelets to samosas and halal sausages, kept hot in those silver warmers. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Maybe in Spanish she would find the right words. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Why didn’t Native American diseases instead decimate the Spanish invaders, spread back to Europe, and wipe out 95 percent of Europe’s population? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He’d earned a grade of 90 percent in Spanish and 97 percent in geometry, making for “a really good year.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The place was nearly filled — Spanish had made us late — but there was no sign of Edward or any of his family. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “Spanish rock. My favorite band is El Tri,” he says, unzipping his jacket and showing me his T-shirt. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Too, Stephanie appeared to be involved with several community projects that had a halfway decent shot at success, and she was the only one in their group who could speak Spanish. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In Spanish, I can’t figure out why Señora Wallace keeps staring at me. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z He always thought of the sea as la mar which is what people call her in Spanish when they love her. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She stood the Barbie on the table and raised one of the doll's arms and pulled the other out so that the doll was frozen in the pose of the Spanish dancers. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He was a married Spanish lawyer from Granada and said that he wanted to document the murders in Spain through a peephole in his overcoat. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It is like a very clean Spanish town and it is on a big river. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z We scoured our own backyards, but all we came up with was one mango, a Spanish lime, and a soursop. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z In Spanish, Dulce said, “My son lives here with his wife. They brought me here.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z They were formal and brief and said things like “Maribel is unresponsive and unengaged, even when she is directly addressed in Spanish.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z No matter how hard I try, I can never keep up in math class, and trying to learn Spanish will be even worse. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z We pulled up in front of Jase’s house, an architectural monstrosity that looked generally like an oversize Spanish hacienda except for three thick Doric columns going up to the roof. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z It was strange to hear so much Spanish. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z She stood among my other relations mocking me when I no longer spoke Spanish. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z His mother was talking in Spanish and his father was talking in English. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z They disagree on which social factors to emphasize and on how much weight to assign individual Spanish chronicles, but the outline seems not in serious dispute. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He looked like a skinny Spanish guy it might be fun to rob. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Spanish was something other people paid to be around. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z His old Spanish guitar spat out a series of warm, labyrinthine phrases that wrapped melodic vines around Gordo’s fierce piano hits. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z As I grew fluent in English, I no longer could speak Spanish with confidence. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Like all ghettos, Spanish Harlem looks better in the dark when everything broken and dirty is hidden by darkness and the moonlight makes everything else glow like pearls. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z She did not like Alfredo; something about the man's overfriendliness and his speaking to them in English even though they all knew Spanish made her feel uneasy. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Matter of fact, a lot of people spoke in Spanish. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Because I wrongly imagined that English was intrinsically a public language and Spanish an intrinsically private one, I easily noted the difference between classroom language and the language of home. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A singer crooned in Spanish from the record player. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, it was a Jewish girl during the Second World War. I translated it into Spanish.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because, see, we’re in Spanish class with all the a's and o’s at the end, and Troy just comes up with this name, Ema, just like that, and boom, it stuck. You see?” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Bobby spoke to him in English and Spanish. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z When he asks, I speak to him in Spanish, the language that rolls off my tongue like I was born knowing it. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Linguistic evidence, first weighed by anthropologists in the 1970s, suggests that they arrived from the north as late as the seventeenth century, about the time of the first Spanish settlers and missionaries. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Although Swiss and Spanish infantry may be considered terrifying, nevertheless both have defects, so that a third kind of military organization could not only oppose them but also be confident of overcoming them. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z “Who is there?” asked the man in Spanish. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The information lady is bilingual and answers back quickly in Spanish, pointing to the other window. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z If, after becoming a successful student, I no longer heard intimate voices as often as I had earlier, it was not because I spoke English rather than Spanish. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z However, in 1784, they turned to Spanish Florida for an alliance they hoped would stop the flow of squatters. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z “I never learned. I didn’t realize so many people spoke so much Spanish so much of the time around here.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In Spanish she called through the crowd: ‘Put a towel on over your shoulders.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z As I stuffed the Spanish book into my backpack, it occurred to me I’d just seen the fire truck. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z There was a touching reunion in Johnny Garcia’s bar in Monterey, with tears and embraces, speeches and endearments in the poco Spanish of my youth. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “You should be proud to speak Spanish, not embarrassed about it.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Because of course it was a Spanish play. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The small pad is full of sketches, some lists and notes too, all in Spanish. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The article was reprinted in German, Dutch, Spanish, Swedish, Icelandic, and even the Russian chess journalists made mention of it. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z We’re comparing our schedules when Soojin finds us, and the three of us discover that we all only have lunch and Spanish together. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z When fighting between Spaniards and Incas finally did commence after Atahuallpa’s execution, the Spanish forces were more formidable. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Pilar, her first grandchild, writes to her from Brooklyn in a Spanish that is no longer hers. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Hearing Spanish then, I continued to be a careful, if sad, listener to sounds. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I hold a card up, showing Sam the English side, and she says the word in Spanish. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She had been the first to rush to him, and that was when he quickly said “This is my daughter” and “She speaks Spanish.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oro” meant “gold” in Spanish and ” meant either “yes” or “if.” The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z It is addressed to me in Spanish, but the body of the letter is in English. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He always says my name exactly how I pronounce it, the Spanish way. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z A Spanish reporter from one of the local news shows wanted to interview me because of my Lego city and all of the attention it had got online. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The Argie ships are tubs named after Spanish generals with stupid mustaches. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I said it with the Spanish accent at the end, like Jess did. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z His hands trembled as he read first the Spanish and then, more slowly and beautifully, the English. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “Is there a Spanish tour guide around here?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Everybody was waiting for the coup de grace, like the people at a Roman amphitheatre or at a Spanish bull-fight and everybody was sure that Lancelot would give in. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z With a sigh, Cari said, “The main thing is, we don’t talk Spanish in the street or at school or anywhere. Which is stupid, if you ask me.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z True, the lack of currency did not surprise the Spanish invaders—much of Europe did without money until the eighteenth century. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He had both a stammer and a lisp, and was set to reciting, “The Spanish ships I cannot see them, for they are not in sight” in order to overcome them. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z I caught it in the middle of Spanish class, fourth period. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He speaks in mumbled Spanish and I can’t understand him at all, but his tone sounds worried. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z For awhile Farmer joked in Spanish with the server, and then the conversation turned to the book I was writing. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I remember many nights when my father would come back from work, and I’d hear him call out to my mother in Spanish, sounding relieved. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But the words I write want to come out in Spanish, not English. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “How do you say ‘the sea’ in Spanish?” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z On Parent Night, if Eddie has to speak Spanish to his mom, he covers his mouth and whispers. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z But more intensely than for most barrio children—because I did not live in a barrio—Spanish seemed to me the language of home. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn't know that Pattie spoke Spanish, but right away they start talking in that language. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Then in the 1680s rangers from the Carolinas began attacks on Native and Spanish settlements in Georgia. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Bill tried to talk some Spanish to one of the carabineers, but it did not go very well. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I ex- tend the invitation in Spanish, slowly, using gestures, feeling flushed with embarrassment. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The management, sensing a good moment, gave her a spotlight, and the guitarist came forward, strumming a popular American tune with a Spanish flair. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z It’s mostly in Spanish, but I can tell from the pictures and the title that it has something to do with agricultural tourism in Puerto Rico. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z The receptionist asked me in Spanish, “Are you here for the English class?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z If de la O spoke Spanish in class, he’d be sent to the principal, who’d humiliate him and smack his hand with a ruler. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Meme has a dog with gray eyes, a sheepdog with two names, one in English and one in Spanish. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she repeats what she just said in Spanish, though it seems as if she tosses in a few extra phrases. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Her full mouth looked Spanish to him, although he couldn’t say why. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I scan the article hungrily, hoping it can help me learn Spanish. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z A mother calls to the boy in Spanish, then pulls him away when he doesn’t come, and you begin to wonder, Am I on the outside or the inside of that tank? Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He spoke fragments of French, Spanish and Japanese. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The red Spanish tile on the depot roof got blurry, but he did not move or wipe away the tears, because it had been a long time since he had cried for anyone. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z On Saturdays, he has a second job fumigating apartments in Spanish Harlem. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Then all at once she heard voices whispering in Spanish. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “You know, Jake,” said Grace, “if you really want to understand and speak Spanish, you could just study Spanish.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Multiple ambushes cost the lives of many Spanish troops and animals. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z All of the older people spoke only in Spanish, and I myself understood only Spanish. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It sounded like some of the old boleros that Lázaro used to put on his phonograph in his house on Myrtle Ave, but the little fellow on stage was definitely not singing in Spanish. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The gravelly voice spoke her name like a native Spanish speaker would, a light roll of the Rs leading into the clipped A. It didn’t matter. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “You can have them,” he said in Spanish. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Orange and speckled and fluted nudibranchs slide gracefully over the rocks, their skirts waving like the dresses of Spanish dancers. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I think you can sing in Spanish.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z After a while the kid learned so fast she gave out of Spanish and just gabbled along with made-up sounds. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I hear mandolins, guitars, Spanish bagpipes, the drums of Africa, boatmen wailing on the Nile. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He had built the Spanish cedar shell in which Washington had won. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z One day his gorgeous Asian girlfriend pointed out in Spanish class that I was the spitting image of Anne Frank, and he enthusiastically agreed. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “You ready to order now?” she asks in a thick Spanish accent. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z And she speaks Spanish perfectly, an educated Spanish, enunciating all her words delicately. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In Spanish the teacher hands back our in-class essays from the day before. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z It sounds like Spanish but isn’t Spanish, so I’m guessing it’s Portuguese. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z It was the first time I heard her speak Spanish. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “Act naturally,” he said, but I didn’t pick up on it until I was practically in the door to Spanish. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z My mother sold her rabbit fur coat to the wife of a Spanish radio station disc jockey. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I was pre-enrolled in English, math, Spanish, physical education, social studies, and science. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The pulsing sound of people speaking Spanish around me, or the music that would surprise your ears as you passed by an open window, was missing. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z “Who are you?” he heard a voice ask him in Spanish. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The way my mom and Carmen spoke Spanish so easily to each other made me wish I could speak it better. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Everywhere we look there are signs in Spanish with the English translation right below. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z They could have eaten anywhere, Sandi thought, and yet they had come to a Spanish place for dinner. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Instead, the Spanish wanted native peoples to use as a source of forced labor. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He chased us, yelling and cursing in broken Spanish. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z But I’m from Puerto Rico, and Puerto Rico is part of the United States of America too, so Spanish should be American, right? Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z So he dropped it, and has stuck with Spanish, which he concedes is “the language of busboys” in New York. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z "I'm almost done. Just chill out, so I can..."I picked up the can of beads and shook them in her ear like one of them Spanish shaker things. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Rather than evacuate, the Spanish, as brave as they were greedy, fought to the end. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Jose and Angel, chattering in Spanish, were jumping on his stomach. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, you will be safe here as long as we have the protection of the Spanish. What skills do the three of you have to offer?” he asked. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z In Spanish I said, “My name is Alma Rivera. My daughter Maribel goes to your school. Is there someone who speaks Spanish?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Afterward, the girls entertained themselves by playing Lotería and watching telenovelas on the Spanish channel while Mamá and I cleaned the kitchen. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “You can speak Spanish! The purple jelly bean worked.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Her hair is crazily curling down past her back, the Spanish she speaks like a song I am learning to sing. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Luckily, the girls speak in Spanish, not Quichua, and I can understand. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I am sitting in Mr. Flores’s Spanish class, and I see that the girl from the bus is here too. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Reaching in the back of the wagon, Toomer chose a bunch of wilted flowers wrapped in Spanish moss and said, “Give these flowers to your mama when she gets home.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z You can never tell whether a Spanish waiter will thank you. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He was named Jorge, same name as me except it was in Spanish. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Facing an uncertain fate, he fought in the Spanish Civil War, eventually settling in Chile. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z First, Linda Cruz made it clear that she was Spanish and not Mexican and she couldn't have colored people at her house either. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Spanish, he decided, would be the easiest language of all to learn. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He spoke fluent Spanish, which he had learned during his years in the jungles of Central and South America, hunting for hot agents. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A lot of Spanish is coming out of his mouth now. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z For the Spanish cannot withstand cavalry, and the Swiss have to fear infantry, when they discover those who are as stubborn in combat as they are. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z The first class is Spanish, all about sub- jects and predicates. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A reminder of Canal Grove’s Spanish architectural history. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The guy at the counter spoke to him in Spanish and Joaquin had to say, “No espanol,” which he had gotten used to saying whenever someone greeted him that way. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Under his breath, my dad said, “Every year the same thing. If it’s in Spanish, it’s a piece of home. Well, I never heard this song until I came to the United States.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z It was like a page torn from a book, a historical novel, perhaps, dealing with the captivity in Babylon or the Spanish Inquisition. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Though both of them can write in Spanish and English, they write in a hesitant manner. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn't realize that I am fluent in Spanish, as it was the language I learned after English. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z If she could do that, maybe I could sing in Spanish. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z “Nice to meet you,” he says in Spanish, and kisses me on the cheek the Mexican way. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It’s like she knows the joke is on her, but her Spanish ain’t good enough to respond. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z With this enactment Millet hoped to carry visitors “back 400 years”—despite the steam tugboats that would nudge the Spanish ships toward shore. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Once she was sure that her children knew English, my mother would tell us, ‘You should keep up your Spanish.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They never answered when she spoke to them, as if they did not understand Spanish, and when they spoke among themselves they always whispered or used one of the mountain dialects. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Spanish physicians lacked the competence that Vesalius was used to, and initial hostility to him as a foreigner became exacerbated by the growth of the independence movement in the Netherlands, then ruled by Spain. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z And a Spanish biochemist in New York, Severo Ochoa, launched a parallel effort to map the triplet code to corresponding amino acids. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z After two hours of Spanish she ate a Snickers bar for lunch and watched music videos. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Numerous as were the Native American victims of the murderous Spanish conquistadores, they were far outnumbered by the victims of murderous Spanish microbes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But all of his bold resolve would have come to nothing without the vast indigenous army whose leaders believed they could use the Spanish presence to catalyze the destruction of the Triple Alliance. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “So what? You Spanish, this is your neighborhood. You grew up here, got beat up here, and I hope beat someone up too. Sapito tells me you used to paint R.I.P.s?” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I remember the boys at the orphanage talking about Captain Newport, how he was in a battle at sea with the Spanish and got his arm shot off. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “He said that he was the son of the Sun,” according to the report of two Spanish priests who investigated the valley's history in the 1550s. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He had plastic surgery done on his face, he changed his name, and was posing as a Spanish Hawaiian when the FBI caught up with him. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z I would speak, or try to speak, Spanish, and I would manage to utter halting, hiccuping sounds that betrayed my unease. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Speaking Spanish, wearing the same rumpled clothes we’d been in for days. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “I minored in Spanish in college, sweetheart. I did a semester here. It’s where I met your dad...You know this!” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z “You really speak Spanish beautifully,” he told Grace, his voice cracking slightly. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z At Dan’s Supermarket, Mami asks me to translate into Spanish the labels of everything she sees for sale on the shelves. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Weary’s father once gave Weary’s mother a Spanish thumbscrew in working condition—for a kitchen paperweight. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z At the sound of voices speaking Spanish, I straightened up, alert. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Pension, I think. He was in the Spanish—to tell you the truth he was in some war but I can’t remember what it was. Here’s your groceries.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The news bulletin ends, and Spanish music from the Meridian Room returns to the air. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z But in Spanish my name is made out of a softer something, like silver, not quite as thick as sister’s name— Magdalena—which is uglier than mine. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z They had come to this country before she had reached puberty in Spanish, so a lot of the key words she would have been picking up in the last year, she had missed. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I'd studied Spanish in high school but had no idea whom she was calling or what they were talking about. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I came home the other day to some fast Spanish music blasting in my room and Charlie moving his hips like they were connected to supercharged batteries. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Brett was talking French and he was talking Spanish and a little English, and laughing. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “Users can choose their location, like a restaurant or school, and then click on different objects to see and hear the words in Spanish.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z As I started to speak, I was afraid with my old fear that I would be unable to pronounce the Spanish words. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z All the Mexican guys were joking around with each other in Spanish and a couple of them even joked with me and Rondell. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Their Spanish was choppier than my school version but I understood. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He was fluent in Spanish and Portuguese and owned a Brazilian restaurant in the Castro. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z They’d all been stripped of their labels and the contents written on the metal in black marker pen in Spanish. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Walking back toward our house, climbing the steps from the sidewalk, when the front door was open in summer, I’d hear voices beyond the screen door talking in Spanish. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Felicia set aside pails of them but selected only one, a mother-of-pearl shell, a baroque Spanish fan with which later to taunt her suitors. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z And in Spanish we were supposed to have conversations about the airport, using the future tense. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “I go there too. We have the same Spanish class,” I tell her. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He spoke a Spanish that was larded with sailor slang. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z That afternoon we spotted a fat Spanish beauty, loaded for Madrid. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She won’t expose herself to the shame of not being able to speak to the administrators in Spanish, or read the paperwork, or even write her name on the form. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She prayed to every saint she knew while she listened to men speaking in English and Spanish. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The boom-bap of early hip- hop, still young and close to its Bronx roots, tumbled out of the apartment buildings, mixed with Spanish music blaring from boom boxes. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Some 300 million others speak seven other languages as similar to Mandarin, and to each other, as Spanish is to Italian. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She said words a little funny, the way I do when I try to speak Spanish. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Morris sent two canvas bags containing “410 Spanish dollars, two English crowns, 10 shillings sixpence, and a French half crown.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z What they seem not to recognize is that, as a socially disadvantaged child, I considered Spanish to be a private language. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She sits all day by the window and plays the Spanish radio show and sings all the homesick songs about her country in a voice that sounds like a seagull. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z It was easier when Miss Scalapino read to the class from a book with illustrations because I made up my own stories, in Spanish, based on the pictures. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z As I watched Mom dish eggs and Soyrizo onto two plates, I thought about the family tree assignment for Spanish class. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z When you see me and Esteban talking in Spanish, you just say, ‘Teach me.’ Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He is a Dominican man and talks Spanish to gun-man, but he also talks some small Creole. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember how the nuns got upset when I called the Spanish inquisitors Nazis. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z If Spanish Harlem moved up, we would all move up with it. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z My mom tries her best Spanish, but the guy responds in English before she can finish. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z She hands me a wrinkled flyer and asks me for directions in Spanish. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He’s speaking Spanish too—a precaution the two of them occasionally take when they’re concerned about being overheard. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Miss Bell’s been talking of skipping them to the next grade, you know. I heard about it from my Spanish teacher.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z "We'll go on unless the stage is under water, and even then they'd likely haul out boats and do The Spanish Armada." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z He starts muttering in Spanish as he nudges a piece forward. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I wound up with As and Bs in English, science, social studies, and Spanish, and a big, fat D in math. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Their first contact with European settlers was with the Spanish, who began invading the southeastern Indigenous homelands in the mid-15 00s. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z She’d land a few light licks on our legs, though, and since we didn’t want to hurt her feelings we’d scream and holler as if we were receiving the twenty-one lashes from a Spanish inquisitor. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “What do you mean? It’s like in Spanish, how all words are feminine or masculine.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “I grew up in Yana Urku,” I hear myself saying in Spanish. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He turns to me and starts rambling in Spanish. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z “These are about the Spanish Inquisition. Brilliant work. You should check them out.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z And we filled the smiling gaps of our sentences with familiar Spanish sounds. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When the Spanish governor tried to recruit the Hopi to live in missions, their leaders told him not to bother: the epidemic soon would expunge them from the earth. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z But my father was not shy, I realized, when I’d watch him speaking Spanish with relatives. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She corners me after Spanish and begs me to help her. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “As requested, this’ll help you understand and speak Spanish. I think.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z So what if I can speak firsthand about the Spanish flu, the advent of the automobile, world wars, cold wars, guerrilla wars, and Sputnik—that’s all ancient history now. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z There was a little stream and a bridge, and Spanish carabineers, with patent-leather Bonaparte hats, and short guns on their backs, on one side, and on the other fat Frenchmen in kepis and mustaches. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Inside the basket were a dozen dark-haired Barbie dolls dressed like Spanish señoritas. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The Aztec and Inca Empires were formed by 15th-century conquests, before Europeans arrived, but we know much about their formation from Indian oral histories transcribed by early Spanish settlers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I started to say the Lord’s Prayer in Spanish. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Too late the Spanish expedition came back to report that no Inka army was on the move. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z In middle school, he would have to learn another language, like Spanish or French. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z But there was a certain comfort that came with hearing someone speak Spanish, to understand and to be understood, to not have to wonder what I was missing. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z He’s also taking Spanish classes at the college. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Her speech is not peppered with Spanish words. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Plus, I didn’t want to hear her criticize my Spanish. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Tendrils of Spanish moss draped on the trees like gossamer green ghosts. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z His ears and coat were plastered with autumn’s burrs and Spanish needles. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z He stood behind the glass and said in Spanish, “I’m Officer Mora. Can we help you with something?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z When I told her that Max spoke Spanish, she simply repeated what she said in English: “Take him away.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he asked Hector in Spanish, “Where did you find these two?” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The mother of the dead Alphagus had been a Spanish witch, and she had put an enchantment on Sir Urre of Hungary, so that none of the wounds could ever heal up. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I had never seen anyone like him, so white and speaking Spanish. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Each tray had a little sign in Spanish and English indicating the names of the different types of bread: LA CONCHA/THE SHELL; EL BIGOTE/THE MUSTACHE; LA OREJA/THE EAR; EL MARRANITO/THE PIG. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Oscar switches to clipped English, making an excuse about discussing a bill, then says to Luna, in Spanish, “Just think about it.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Do you speak English?” she asked, and when I confessed with some embarrassment that I didn’t, she went on in Spanish. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The scene was inevitable: One Saturday morning I entered the kitchen where my parents were talking in Spanish. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Fearing the worst, the debased tlatoani made a begging public appearance on behalf of the Spanish. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z We were all insignificant, dwarfed bv what his dream meant to Spanish Harlem. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Her daughter Diana quickly masters English, something she hadn’t done surrounded by Spanish speakers in California. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Bloom’s body was infused with good feeling, compassion, love, and as Linda gently stroked his forehead, singing a song in Spanish, he fell asleep. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Their first European contact was with the Spanish; trade with the English began in the late 1600s. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Since he was suspended from school for a week, Jake spent Monday morning alone in his room, studying the treasure map image on his phone, trying to learn Spanish from online videos. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “I know you just learned Spanish yesterday, but come on.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z With eveiyone speaking Spanish, it almost felt like we were in a boarding school back home. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Nikhil registers for his first four classes: Intro to the History of Art, Medieval History, a semester of Spanish, Astronomy to fulfill his hard science requirement. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z A sign in Spanish and English announced that the restaurant was closed for a private party. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “He really likes it, Francisco,” Arthur said to me in Spanish. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t ask no questions ’cause I didn’t know how to say “Jim Crow laws” in Spanish. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The “Spanish” ones were harder working, he said, because they didn’t speak English too well, just like us. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The road to Montgomery led the marchers through cotton fields and scraggly pine thickets, across twisting rivers and creeks and into dark, gloomy swamps where dead trees draped with gray Spanish moss hugged the roadside. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Joe Mondragon, carrying a rifle in his left hand, leaped from the pickup and ran around it screaming obscenities in Spanish. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He was of medium height, dressed like the others, with a thick Spanish accent when he spoke, and his perhaps excessive authority derived from a .357-magnum pistol held tightly in his right fist. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom tries to answer her in Spanish, but she has a hard time. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z I speak Spanish, so I understand as she says what translates to: "This little girl has been through a lot." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “Imbuing violence with holy meaning,” wrote the historian Iris Chang, “the Japanese imperial army made violence a cultural imperative every bit as powerful as that which propelled Europeans during the Crusades and the Spanish Inquisition.” Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, and French, he had a knack for making friends wherever he went—as well as narrowly avoiding danger and death. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z “A napkin,” the man said in Spanish, holding a crumpled tissue across the seat to me. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z By the time of the great Inca rebellion of 1536, the Incas had learned how best to defend themselves against cavalry, by ambushing and annihilating Spanish horsemen in narrow passes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z When relatives and Spanish-speaking friends of my parents came to the house, my brother and sisters seemed reticent to use Spanish, but at least they managed to say a few necessary words before being excused. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z One day, as Matt was singing a Spanish ballad, his voice cracked. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z These language replacements in East Asia remind us of the spread of European languages, especially English and Spanish, into the New World, formerly home to a thousand or more Native American languages. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I was a listening child, careful to hear the very different sounds of Spanish and English. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z "Well," he said, "talk a lot of Spanish?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z My brain struggled for the few words of Spanish I’d picked up. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z But their insight into the Spanish character did not help them defend themselves. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 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. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “I see your point. But what’s in a name, anyway? A Rivera from Spanish Harlem by any other name would still be from Spanish Harlem.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Like the in-mates, they were startled to find that I spoke Spanish. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z "At a thousand duros apiece," he said to me in Spanish. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Friends in Washington who will be stationed in Colombia have been looking for someone who can teach their children some Spanish. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z His hands are working the face from behind and he’s talking in Spanish, his words growing more and more hostile. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Popular items were the boxes on the floor filled with Spanish LPs from past decades, old mambo and salsa records, plena, bomba, Latin hits our parents would dance to. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z He spoke Spanish better than Arabic, and, if this boy was going to Al-Fayoum, there would be someone to talk to when there were no other important things to do. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Best of all were the rich, familiar smells of garlic and onion and the lilting cadence of Spanish spoken by the dark-eyed waiters, who reminded Sandi of her uncles. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z While he walked me to English, when he met me after Spanish, all through the lunch hour, he questioned me relentlessly about every insignificant detail of my existence. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Lita said there was a time, when she was a little girl, she didn’t dare speak Spanish in public, or share her stories where others could hear. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The Texans who bought the land fenced it and posted signs in English and Spanish warning trespassers to keep out. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The Spanish flu of 1918 had raged through the continent, killing nearly 20 million men and women worldwide and ranking among the deadliest natural disasters in history. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z After so many years away, she is losing her Spanish. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Inside the house Onofre had a large library of both Spanish and English detective novels, an upright piano, and the best reception on his mammoth color TV set of anyone in the county. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “White people are only gonna see you as Mexican, but you don’t even speak Spanish.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Even after the conquistadors seized Qosqo, the empire regrouped in the hinterlands, where it fought off Spanish forces for another forty years. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Without question, it would have pleased me to hear my teachers address me in Spanish when I entered the classroom. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thank you, Jake. I did not know that. I also did not know that, since you’re such an expert on Spanish, you can now help Emma with her homework—instead of me.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “Next a baby shower!” shouted Mrs. Ruiz in her heavy Spanish accent. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z She went on in her garbled Spanish we could barely understand. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, the waiting Spanish, despite their unprecedented success, grew increasingly fearful and suspicious. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z They’d caught on right away, like they did with everything, and he showed off the flawless signs that the twins lettered in Spanish for the store. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He told us in Spanish that we were tired ’cause we weren’t real Mexicans like everyone else who was out there picking in his group. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Bodega would go down as a representation of all the ugliness in Spanish Harlem and also all the good it was capable of being. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I asked her in Spanish, “Where are you from?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z In Chicago, some kids speak Spanish at home, never at school. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z I told Pa that day, begging him to put Post-it notes on different objects around the apartment to teach me Spanish so I wouldn’t get bullied again. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “We call Spanish a romance language, Kojo, because it, like Portuguese, French, Italian, and Romanian, originated from Latin, the language spoken in the western Roman Empire.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z My mother said something to my father in Spanish and he nodded. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z They are glad to have a neighbor they can talk to in Spanish and they tell him he’s always welcome to come over for a Cuban coffee. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z People clapped me on the back, shook Dad’s hand and spoke a rat-a-tat Spanish that I was unable to follow. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “You tell them. Your Spanish is as good as mine, brother. Just be sure to pay me my share. Adiós, Rodrigo.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Delacruz had translated into Spanish from an English translation of Anne Frank’s original Dutch. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z That the Spanish influenza had already sunk its fangs into Boston. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z “Travel by night and follow the road south. I’ve never been that far, but I hear tell that it goes straight through Georgia Colony to the end of the world—Spanish territory.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Having recently declared its independence from the powerful Spanish Empire, it embraced more fully than any other nation of its time the European Enlightenment. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z If you speak and write in English, or Spanish, or Chinese, or any other language, then only a certain percentage of human beings will get your meaning. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z There they were trampled on and insulted until there were no more Spanish curse words left; then someone motioned to one of the tanks. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In the Spanish conquest of the Incas, guns played only a minor role. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “I forgot the rest of the words in Spanish, but I remember he talks about a cruel friend who breaks his heart and how he will give that friend a white rose too.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z An antojo, one of the older aunts continues, is a very old Spanish word "from before your United States was even thought of," she adds tartly. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He says he’ll call my Spanish teacher with some kind of excuse. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I try to match the colors of the English words to the new Spanish words. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z He’s got an accent, like Spanish is his first language. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z We pieced together new words by taking, say, an English verb and giving it Spanish endings. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Alfred Gregory, Mine Medical Staff The Spanish influenza is nothing more than the old grip or la grippe, which circulates from time to time. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z But because Spanish ports and vessels were closed to Dutch shipping, the economic survival of the tiny republic depended on its ability to construct, man and deploy a great fleet of commercial sailing vessels. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Spanish and Portuguese sailors searching for that sea route conquered the Canary Islands and the Azores. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z That’s where my Jasper is— down in Cuba someplace, serving in the Spanish army.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The next afternoon I was standing outside my Spanish class when Leonard Rodriguez, who sat next to me, came hurrying down the hall with a revolutionary’s fire in his eye. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z But I wondered if he was lying to me, because even though I don’t speak Spanish, I could hear that she said a lot more than just no. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Papito asks me a few questions in his broken Spanish, which I answer with a few words. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When he did, he remembered a skinny brown girl with sad eyes, sharp teeth, and a mouth full of Spanish. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Army in the time of peace between the Spanish war and the German war had unfitted him for the cold, unordered life of a civilian. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The family often spoke in Spanish—sometimes purposefully when they didn’t want me to know what was going on. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z An hour later, he had before him a chest of Spanish gold coins. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z After the destruction of Tenochtitlan, the Spanish court and intellectual elite were convulsed with argument for a century about whether the conversions were worth the suffering inflicted. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I asked the Mexican man to turn the car around, again in my exquisite high school Spanish, and it took about fifteen minutes to make myself understood. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z We sail past the Spanish islands of Vieques and Puerto Rico. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Just notes and lists in Spanish, sketches, the usual. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z She would always remind me to speak to her in Spanish. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z In the dream, she spoke to Naomi in accented Spanish without moving her mouth. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The sleek shells that resulted from the process were not only more beautiful than the Spanish cedar shells but also demonstrably faster. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z |
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