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Honduran Spanish

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Honduran Spanish

Honduran Spanish is the Spanish language as spoken in the country of Honduras in Central America. Voseo is routinely used in Honduras.

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Honduran Spanish
Español hondureño
Pronunciation[espaˈɲol onduˈɾeɲo]
Native toHonduras
RegionCentral American Spanish
Native speakers
10,637,827 million (2023)[1]
Early forms
Latin (Spanish alphabet)
Official status
Official language in
 Honduras
Regulated byAcademia Hondureña de la Lengua
Language codes
ISO 639-1es
ISO 639-2spa[2]
ISO 639-3
GlottologNone
IETFes-HN
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Phonology

  • Honduran Spanish, as a Central American variety, pronounces the fricative /x/, written with j or g, as a simple aspiration [h].[3]
  • /ʝ/ is at times elided in contact with front vowels.[3]
  • Word-final /n/ becomes velarized, as [ŋ].[3]
  • /s/ is often aspirated or elided in word- or syllable-final position. As an apparent extension of this, it may even be aspirated in word-initial or word-medial, syllable-initial environments. This word-medial aspiration is most common near morpheme boundaries, and in the pronoun nosotros, 'we'. S-reduction is most common in the north of Honduras. It is less common in areas of Copán Department near the Guatemalan border, in Comayagua, and among the upper classes of Tegucigalpa.[4]

Local words

These words are some slang words used in Honduras. Some may also be used in neighboring El Salvador and elsewhere.

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Honduran SpanishGloss
bululobread roll
truchacorner shop
pulpería
relajomess
jurapolice patrol
chepo
postapolice station
majedude
cipoteboy
güirro
cipotagirl
güirra
jucodirty man
jucadirty woman
colochocurls (in reference to hair)
chongobow (gift wrapping)
encachimbarto annoy, to upset
bolodrunk
gomahangover
pailabucket
carro pailapick-up truck
pistomoney
billullo
chabacántroublemaker
guachimansecurity guard (from English 'watchman')
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