The Story of Spanish Quotes

“Ancient Spanish ranching techniques were adopted—and adapted—all over the American continent and took slightly different forms, spawning different vocabulary, from place to place. Argentines call cowboys gauchos; Peruvians, chaláns; Ecuadorians, chagras; Venezuelans and Colombians, llaneros; and Chileans, huasos.”
― Jean-Benoît Nadeau, The Story of Spanish

“There are many theories about how tapas came to refer to food. Some believe early tapas were slices of bread or cheese placed on top of drinks.”
― Jean-Benoît Nadeau, The Story of Spanish

“Yet the Visigoths’ intangible legacy was far more important: they left behind a powerful myth of a Golden Age of Christian rule that ended when most of Spain became part of the Muslim world. This myth would shape the destiny of Spain and the Spanish language.”
― Jean-Benoît Nadeau, The Story of Spanish

“name—Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios Ponte y Blanco—Bol”
― Jean-Benoît Nadeau, The Story of Spanish

“Juan Manuel María de la Aurora Fernández Pacheco Acuña Girón y Portocarrero (1650–1726)—the”
― Jean-Benoît Nadeau, The Story of Spanish

“David Dary, in Cowboy Culture: A Saga of Five Centuries,”
― Jean-Benoît Nadeau, The Story of Spanish