there are numerous regional particularities and idiomatic expressions within spanish. in latin american spanish, loanwords directly from english are relatively more frequent, and often foreign spellings are left intact. one notable trend is the higher abundance of loan words taken from english in latin america as well as words derived from english. the latin american spanish word for "computer" is "computadora", whereas the word used in spain is "ordenador", and each word sounds foreign in the region where it is not used. some differences are due to iberian spanish having a stronger french influence than latin america, where, for geopolitical reasons, the united states influence has been predominant throughout the twentieth century.