Spanish words first recorded in the 17th century

It is formed from Spanish esposas (“handcuffs”) + -ar. The noun is the plural of esposa (“wife; bride”), the feminine of esposo: the prisoner's manacles were called so by a metaphor for their…

It is borrowed from French tulipan, the old French form of the flower's name, from Turkish tülbent (“turban”), which comes from Persian دلبند (dolband, “turban”). The Turkish word was given to the…

The origin is uncertain. Corominas thinks it may be from Spanish cigarra (“cicada”), from a comparison with the insect's dark, cylindrical body, which tapers to a point like a cigar; he notes that…

It is formed from Spanish manipular + -ción. Corominas lists it among the derivatives of manipular, which he dates from Terreros in the late 18th century and derives from Medieval Latin manipulare…

It is borrowed from French train, a noun the French formed from the verb traîner (“to drag, pull”). Corominas dates the borrowing to the middle of the 17th century, on the evidence of Autoridades…

It is borrowed from Latin stupidus (“stunned, dazed; dull, foolish”), first recorded in 1691. The Latin adjective is formed from stupeō (“to be numb, to be stunned”) with the suffix -idus. De Vaan…