In Spanish, we have adopted a fair amount of English words into our common vernacular. But rather than translate them or use an equivalent word in Spanish, we take the English word as it is and transform it and conjugate it with all the rules of Spanish.<br><br>Effectively, we impart all the meaning we can get from our other morphemes into an English word. For all intents and purposes, that conjugated word is effectively"just made up", not appearing in any proper Spanish dictionary. But that word is instinctively understood by Spanish speakers who know the root word being talked about.<br><br>As an example, take the word "chat", a long existing word in English about conversation but that got popularized by the advent of online instant messengers.<br>The word "chat" doesn't exist in Spanish, though there are equivalent words for its meaning. But what ended up happening is that words like "chat" and "messenger" got adopted into Spanish and transformed by it.<br><br>Here's a few conjugations just for fun:<br>"The person chatted" - chateó<br>"We will be chatting later" - chatearemos<br>"We were chatting" - chateamos<br>"The act of chatting" - chatear<br><br>And this is just one very common word. All adopted words inevitably get this treatment sooner or later in the Spanish language just by simple virtue of people applying the same language rules they use for everyday speech to foreign words just brought in.,(reply>), The Dutch do this frequently, with the advantage of having the language that's closest to English (contrary to the beliefs of many Brits). Here's an example:<br><br>The Dutch verb <b><i>afmaken</i></b> ('to finish (up)' or 'to complete') is formed from the adverb <b><i>af</i></b> ('off', among other meanings) and the verb <b><i>maak</i></b> ('make'). So, with an English verb phrase like 'to log in', they say <b><i>inloggen</i></b> and conjugate it like this:<br><b><i>Ik moet inloggen</i></b> — I have to log in (literally: I must inlog)<br><b><i>Log je in?</i></b> — Are you logging in? / Will you log in? (lit.: Log you in?)<br><b><i>Ik heb al ingelogd</i></b> — I have logged in already (lit.: I have already inlogged),(reply>), I regularly take business trips to Puerto Rico and I don’t speak Spanish. I always enjoy eavesdropping on conversations when people watching to try and learn the language. I’ve always wondered why some non Spanish words are used. I always assumed it was just because another country came up with a word and it migrated into the local culture. But I never really picked up on the conjugation being masked over the base word. I thought I was just hearing another word right next to the word I understood (cuz Spanish speaking people talk so fast!). This was a really interesting insight!,(reply>), I took Spanish in high school and one of the most unexpected parts was when I learned that the Spanish word for camping is just "camping",(reply>), @Gianni M Umm ... A little late on that one considering that Spanish is the largest contributor to the english language, and it would be impossible to speak American English without Spanish. =\,(reply>), can confirm