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)
Language family	Indo-European Italic Romance Western Ibero-Romance West Iberian Spanish North American Spanish Central American Spanish Honduran Spanish
Early forms	Old Latin Classical Latin Vulgar Latin Old Spanish Early Modern Spanish
Writing system	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

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

1. Spanish → Honduras at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. "ISO 639-2 Language Code search". Library of Congress. Retrieved 21 September 2017.