Honduran Spanish
Honduran Spanish is the Spanish language as spoken in the country of Honduras in Central America. The voseo is routinely used in Honduras.
| Honduran Spanish | |
|---|---|
| Español hondureño | |
| Native to | Honduras |
| Region | Central American Spanish |
Native speakers | 6 million (2014)[1] 112,000 in Honduras (2014) |
Early forms | |
| Latin (Spanish alphabet) | |
| Official status | |
Official language in |  Honduras |
| Regulated by | Academia Hondureña de la Lengua |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | es |
| ISO 639-2 | spa[2] |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
| IETF | es-HN |
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Local words
These words are some slang words used in Honduras. Some may also be used in neighboring El Salvador and elsewhere.
- Bululo - bread roll
- Trucha or pulpería - corner shop
- Relajo - mess
- Jura or chepo - police patrol
- Posta - police station
- Maje - dude
- Cipote(a) - kid (male, when it ends with "e"; and female, when it ends with "a")
- Güirro(a) - kid (male, when it ends with "o"; and female, when it ends with "a")
- Juco(a) - Dirty person (male, when it ends with "o"; and female, when it ends with "a")
- Colocho - Curls (in reference to hair)
- Chongo - Bow (gift wrapping)
- Encachimbar - to annoy/upset
- Bolo - Drunk
- Goma - Hangover
- Paila - A bucket. Also used to refer to a pick up truck (Carro Paila)
- Pisto/Billullo - Money
- Chabacán - Trouble Maker
- Guachimán - Security guard (Comes from the English word, Watchman)
References
- Spanish → Honduras at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- "ISO 639-2 Language Code search". Library of Congress. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
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