Central American Spanish

[ sen-truhl uh-mer-i-kuhn span-ish ]

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noun

the collective Spanish dialects of Central America, as spoken in central and southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama: the northern Mexican norteño dialect is not usually included in this linguistic group.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Central American Spanish¹

First recorded in 1905–10

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Example Sentences

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After all, I live in Miami, and in a given day I can switch from Colombian Spanish to Cuban Spanish, to Puerto Rican Spanish, to Central American Spanish.

From

Central American central angle

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