ALFRESCO!!!

Did you guys know that Spain once was in control of part of today's USA?One of the consequences was the introduction of Spanish words into the language.Americans adapted the Spanish vocabulary to their phonetic system,resulting in funny examples.One of them is the word 'alfresco',meaning "in the open air", as in: "We had an alfresco dinner".Words like 'parasol' , an umbrella used to give shade, or other funny examples like the word 'hoosegow', a phonetic adaptation of the Spanish word "juzgado", meaning "prison". Another funny example is the word 'lasso', another phonetic adaptation of the Spanish word "lazo", a rope(=soga) with a noose(=nudo corredizo) at one end(=cabo), used to catch cattle(=ganado). But Americans have also influenced our vocabulary greatly, introducing words in our vocabulary...but we will deal with that phenomenon some other day.