530 Quotes About Spanish

Mocho was a Spanish word that meant maimed or referred to something that had been lopped off like a stump. To call Homer el mocho was, essentially, to call him "Stumpy" or "the maimed one." It doesn't sound particularly flattering, but among Spanish speakers the giving of nicknames is tantamount to a declaration of love. Things that would sound insulting outright in English were tokens of deep affection when said in Spanish.

Que ojalá volviera a verte cada invierno de mi vida Y vieras que contigo nunca tuve prisa.Y que ojalá sonrías y no te culpes ni te castiguesTú cambias vidas Pero no destinos

Let our voices be heard in all of our languages. Not just English. I am an American and I speak Spanish and English.

There is nothing intrinsic in the English language that made it attain such prominence. It is far from easy to learn. (A recent study found that it takes much longer for an infant to learn English than, for example, Spanish; the world would indeed have been better off if Spanish had become the universal language.)

Pot itself has nothing to do with pots and pans, but comes from the Mexican-Spanish word potiguaya, which means marijuana leaves. And marijuana is a Mexification of 'Mary Jane' for reasons that everybody is much too stoned to remember.

She would speak her story in Spanish and la señora Maureen would tell hers in English; it was obvious to her that the two languages did not carry equal weight.

Nos cortaron las alas, y fue entonces, cuando decidimos volar más alto.

Hay que tener un gran valor para enfrentarse a nuestros enemigos, pero se necesita aún más valor para enfrentarse a nuestros amigos.

¡Papanatas! ¡Llorones! ¡Baratijas! ¡Pellizco!