How Similar Are Spanish And Arabic?

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[@alannovaes8386]

It’s possible that some of the reasons for similarities in Spanish and Arabic come from the era of Muslim rule over the Iberian peninsula. The caliphates of the past went westward, conquered North Africa, and went up into Europe through the Iberian peninsula. It wasn’t until Charlemagne stopped the armies as they marched through France that they’re expansion stopped. For many many years after, Muslims kingdoms ruled the lower Iberian peninsula and it would make a lot of sense that over time that Arabic words found their way into the Spanish language. Just a little history explanation for anyone that sees it.

[@vedangarekar1390]

That is the most possible one the Muslim conquest of the Iberian peninsula. The other being these Spain is actually pretty close to North Africa so maybe those exchanges found their way in their languages.

[@omw2fyb363]

thats fax no printer!!

[@mariahbarry2119]

You can see the similarity as well in some phrases, such as "ojalá que..." (translates to "I hope that..."). The word "ojalá" is influenced by the word Allah.

[@AnnaSanchez123456789]

Same thing as nahuatl, it influenced the Spanish language alot

[@recoil53]

Also many Spanish had to flee Spain to North Africa after the Reconquista. And doesn't Spain still hold some territory in North Africa? I remember that being an issue with refugees.

[@screamingisillegal2405]

Syrian and Spanish girl do really Look like they're sisters lol

[@unavailablehero9585]

I would say Latin American girls look similar.

[@valeriasantamaria5439]

screaming is illegal that man over there is not spanish he is from de Doninican Republic, spanish girls are FAR to look like syrian girls, and i am not being racist. I am from Spain and they look so much different and they look like where they are from, Middle East not European neither Latin... dont generalize the rest of the world that ist the US pls

[@mattm5945]

Valeria Santamaria he 100% has Spanish blood in his ancestry

[@valeriasantamaria5439]

Mathius Mera of course he has a percent, but he is not spanish because he is not from Spain, if i had 5% African american, i wouldnt be African american, i was born in Spain my parents are Spanish, so i would still be spanish... so whats the point in your comment?

[@screamingisillegal2405]

@@valeriasantamaria5439 Do you know how the Syrians look like? We look like people in southern Europe, some are light brown, but most Syrians have pale and white skin with light eyes and mostly brown hair We are near up from the Caucasus mountains and southern europe ! We are arabized not real arab lol Arabic tribes are not from here originally !! They are not Syrians

[@mrdurze4467]

Since when was sindiyya a watermelon. It's BATEEKH

[@layanlabadi1384]

XYS MacDonald's TV lmao true

[@alokavibes7529]

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[@mariannaakaartistic_muggle63]

Omg that’s kinda like in cypriot we say patixa

[@merymcsusa]

IKRRR i was like "tf is that"

[@award4531]

We also call it hb

[@avy466]

Some similar words in Spanish and Arabic: Aceite - Zait زيت (oil) Azúcar - Sukar سكر (sugar) Almoháda - almokhada المخده (pillow) Azafrán - Zaafran الزعفران (saffron) Jarra - Jarra الجرة (jar) Taza - Taza طاسة (cup) Algodón - alkutun القطن (cotton) Alcalde - alcadi القاضي (judge) blusa - blusa بلوزة (blouse) pantalones - bantalon بنطلون (pants) camisa - kamis قميص (shirt) hasta - hatta حتى (until) musica - moseka موسيقى (music) :)

[@VictorRodriguez-2]

Thank you for these words!!

[@avy466]

Victor Rodriguez - De nada

[@Natalia-pc7fm]

You should have done this video @Av, not BuzzFeed or these volunteers, none seemed to know why the two languages are related. Your comment is far more educational. Why make a video like this and not give that little bit of information? Talk about dumbing down...

[@annabellevassallo8772]

Maltese is also very similar to Arabic actually it was derived from it :) i wrote down your words in Maltese as well :) Aceite - Zait زيت (oil) - Zejt Azúcar - Sukar سكر (sugar) - Zokkor Almoháda - almokhada المخده (pillow) - Imhadda Azafrán - Zaafran الزعفران (saffron) - Zafran Jarra - Jarra الجرة (jar) - Garra Taza - Taza طاسة (cup) - Tazza Algodón - alkutun القطن (cotton) - Qoton Alcalde - alcadi القاضي (judje) - Imhallef (not so similar ) blusa - blusa بلوزة (blouse) - blaws pantalones - bantalon بنطلون (pants) - qalzit camisa - kamis قميص (shirt) - qmis hasta - hatta حتى (until) - sa / sakemm musica - moseka موسيقى (music) - muzika

[@avy466]

@@Natalia-pc7fm aww thank you I do realize sometimes that they put out random videos with no research behind them it seems like they wanted to post a quick video filmed in 10 mins

[@jafar_mtr]

As an Arab I've always felt that we have a very deep connection with our brothers and sisters from Spain or Latin America. I'd like to learn Spanish one day and visit there countries, because they are so similar to our countries.

[@IsraelCountryCube]

Yeah doesn't make sense why man and woman has fought and killed each other with hatred over thousands of years. If Arabians believes the same we came from Adam and eve we shouldn't need to fight. And it should easier to become brothers and sisters.

[@Nehauon]

Did you know Arabs occupied Iberia? Or maybe it was the Amazigh, or Moors… who knows

[@tiktokviral6218]

@@Nehauonboth Arabs and amazigh did. The general who conquered the Iberian peninsula from the goths was a amazigh named tariq

[@nsarstafeenee9359]

The purple hijab girl is mood 😆

[@maithaaldaisi4271]

Nsar stafeenee yeah so cool

[@formershygurl23]

She seems so fun I love her lol

[@danyielsays4621]

I loved her she seems like a homegirl I would have

[@Travelwithchris]

Yes ❤️

[@aesenalieva]

She is great

[@aam3489]

This was a terrible episode. Some of the “Arabic” words are not even Arabic

[@FunTimeGhz]

Maybe it's just you.

[@BigDoke]

@@FunTimeGhz Nope, definetly not just him

[@mesharyalsehly1740]

No I am Arabic and wtf was that

[@karenraven867]

" Jirafa" i mean what is even this?? And mashara???

[@FunTimeGhz]

@@karenraven867 Jirafah Spanish Zarafah Arabic Same word for giraffe

[@imanabd1360]

Just a reminder for my Arabs here who sat that the words aren't even Arabic, the words ARE actually Arabic and even more Arabic than the Arabic we speak today lol.. I guess they did research before choosing these words though. Don't forget that those words moved to the Spanish language in the Middle Ages so this is not Modern Standard Arabic and it definitely won't sound like any of your Arabic dialects. Plus, Arabic is a veeery huge and rich language (some words can have up to 20 synonyms so..) 😊

[@sieka5443]

You could say its arabic, but it is the arabic thats been spoken by the spanish.

[@morceen]

@@sieka5443 Nope, Arabic is Arabic, the Andalusian Arabic sounded like modern day Levantine and Maghreb dialects. There is a Latin-Arabic language called Mozarabic, that's what ethnic Germanic Iberians spoke as a mother language during the Islamic rule. And all those words in the video are known to most people and used on daily bases, at least in the Levant and Egypt.

[@msjadhav5192]

You can find similar words in any language. I was surprised that many Ukrainian words and hindi are similar...sooo

[@morceen]

@@msjadhav5192 Unrelated subject, similar words are not the same as transfered and adopted words, like the Arabic words in Spanish, Persian, Turkish, Urdu, Somali, Kurdish and Sicilian vocabularies. Similar words are the words that are used by two or more languages from the same family tree, such ad the similar words between Urdu and Hindi, or French and Spanish.

[@msjadhav5192]

@@morceen even if it not same group of languages, people used to have wars, trade relationships etc... that's how language can travel, even back in the days

[@DarkStrawbee]

Duh, spain was colonized by the moors for centuries. Why do they act all surprised, it's like being surprised that Quebec speaks french.

[@leinaelgazali80]

im from the 6 and most people don't know these facts soo... don't be quick to assume, a lot of people are in the dark ages still

[@gasp1gasp1]

That comparision is wrong. Quebecois is french with some different words/sayings while spanish has only some arabic origin words

[@DarkStrawbee]

@@gasp1gasp1 Yes I know, the comparison was about the history and colonial influence, the fact that it's undeniable. (we all know Spanish people don't speak Arabic and that Quebec obviously doesn't have the same history as Spain, it's a broad comparison you get my point 😑)

[@sapointi]

@@DarkStrawbee yeah idk how people don't know that

[@dundee6402]

Bonafide Gazali Yes, most of Spain was once conquered and part of the Islamic caliphate. Even though Spanish people never adopted Islam, their culture (especially Andalusian) has absorbed a lot of Arabic and North African influences.

[@damagedheather]

the syrian girl tho ❤️

[@merymcsusa]

dude i love your username

[@damagedheather]

@@merymcsusa 😚

[@nasjr7677]

She's really cute and kind

[@xikasprrzz3777]

what is your damage heather 😹😹💙

[@leopard3138]

Your profile tho ❤

[@cici3752]

Where my syrians at? 🇸🇾❤️❤️

[@steadyandready6795]

I'm lebanese but hey neighbour 👋🏼🙂

[@merymcsusa]

ayyyyyyy

[@amy_sh]

❤️❤️❤️🇸🇾🇪🇬

[@robertvandermeer367]

👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@m1_ajid]

🇸🇾👑

[@adnanqatouni]

Since when watermelon isn't بطيخ "Bateekh" !??

[@xikasprrzz3777]

Adnan Qatouni You are right it is ”Bateekh ”or ”Bateeek”.Where K pronounces like خ. This episode is terrible. I mean some of the words are not even Arabic worse. When I first time saw this video, I said WTHell in the earth is going on.

[@adnanqatouni]

Or even assassin SMH 🤦🏻‍♂️ .. the "Arab" woman couldn't even read it, she was startled when she tried to read it 😂

[@KingStivan]

@@adnanqatouni that one has roots ^^ its kinda right

[@adnanqatouni]

@@KingStivan Yeah I knew that from "Assassin's Creed" 😂😅 .. That's why I haven't mentioned it in my first comment. But we don't use it nowadays though!

[@KingStivan]

@@adnanqatouni u hashah that's just cheating 😂

[@Ebra53]

Sindiyyah, Mashara, Hassasin ? am i the only native Arabic speaker that never heard of these words before ?

[@mohannedhossam1897]

No you're not

[@almiii280]

Im moroccan and I actually never heard of those words

[@alfrredd]

"Sandía" comes from "sindiyya" which means "from Sind" which is a region in Pakistan where the arabs found this fruit, the name of the region comes from Sanskrit "Sindu" meaning "river". This would later derive to "Indu" and the name of the famous river that gave India it's name (Indus River).

[@alfrredd]

Máscara comes from mas-hara which itself comes from "sáhara" and "sahir" meaning someone deceiving , a ruse to circumvent reality. -> a mask

[@wb8695]

I think they're old words

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Makes sense that they're similar if you know Iberian history. Much of the Arabic influence upon Spanish came through the various Arabized romance dialects that were spoken in areas under Moorish rule. I was watching a vid the other day and noticed an Arab speaker say Almania for Germany, very similar to the Spanish name for Germany, Alemania. Both from the name of the Alamanni tribe

[@pranavtiwari6772]

Aleman comes from Latin. Even French people use the same word 'Alemagne' for Germany.

[@palestinabaddie]

From Colleen

[@ashleyperez9897]

I like how there’s a lot of languages that kinda blend with each other Having languages is such an amazing thing

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[@stacie7766]

@@alokavibes7529 I went to check out your channel, and it said you don't have any content... Is this a mistake???

[@ghgh9670]

@@stacie7766 If you check the description, it says she will start posting soon ;)

[@FunTimeGhz]

"And of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and the diversity of your languages and your colors. Indeed in that are signs for those of knowledge." Quran 30:22

[@Travelwithchris]

Yes super cool!

[@Risosi1515]

When my husband and I went to Morocco and Turkey a few years ago, people thought I was Moroccan and people would speak to me in Arabic or Berber. It was fun and learned some words in Arabic. Can’t wait to go back! We loved the food, the people and everything 💕

[@merymcsusa]

funny enough, i'm syrian and when i went back to syria people thought i was spanish

[@sgiiprizz7510]

Because y’all look alike ( hispanic and arabs)

[@dundee6402]

SGII Prizz Not Arabs (true Arabs in the Middle East look more similar to Persian and Bengals), but North African. I'm Moroccan and I was constantly mistaken as Mexican when I was in Mexico.

[@tree3y763]

Høøded Phøenix lol what city? Cause some Syrian Kurds look different

[@morceen]

@@dundee6402 Since when do Persian and Bengals look alike, and since when do Arabs look like Persians or Bengals. You're an absolute ignorant with some replies here and there. If you're a genhybrid, please stfu and don't talk on behalf of us, real Arabs are all people in all Arab countries except for ethnic minorities, some of us do look like Latins, but we look more like a regular Mashreq Arabs from Palestine or Kuwait, and they surely don't look like Persians and Bengals, but hey, you think Persians and Bengals look alike, so no point of fixing it to you.

[@alexisgarcia1344]

I LOVE Gael's and Zain's energy. They look like they'll be lifelong friends.

[@carlamenes4384]

Actually you heard wrong his name is Gadiel

[@lelence]

Learning both of these languages at the moment 🔥

[@razan6579]

I'm a native Arabic speaker but I don't know many of these Arabic words 😅

[@saraj2640]

Cause they’re not

[@Rkyu97]

I pretty sure it wasn't Arabic tho , so you're not alone.

[@Abbyravenclaw92]

Because they're not 🤣🤣

[@xikasprrzz3777]

رزان Razan Me too. This is hilarious

[@imanabd1360]

Yaaaay thank you I've been wondering if you would do a video like this one AND YOU DID!! 👏 There are actually around 10% of words from Arabic in the Spanish dictionary and this goes back to the period from 711 to 1492 when Spain was under Moorish rules. However, in modern times Spanish also influenced North African dialects due to the Spanish occupation of Morocco (1912 - 1956). There's especially a huge influence of Spanish in northern cities. I'm from north-east Morocco and we have words like barraca, ruina, caro, falso, puñetazo (lol this one is funny we say it like "bunia" 😂) so yeah I hope you'll make more videos like this one or about cultural similarities! PS : Estoy aprendiendo español y gracias a esta canal, sé muchas cosas sobre la cultura latinoamericana y los diferentes acentos del español 😄

[@jajaiarigaga2842]

Si es verdad yo soy latino nos soy español solo que hay Gente que dice que los españoles son arabes si es verdad hay algunos que tienen sangre arabe pero no son todos y si 10% viene de arabe 20% viene de griego y el 70% del lenguaje español viene de Latin saludos

[@solorock28]

@@jajaiarigaga2842 8% viene del arabe, y la gran mayoria de esas palabras ya no son usadas, solo muy pocas.

[@monapizzalover7140]

I’m lebanese and i learned Spanish at school. It’s my fave language after Arabic.

[@bookworm962011]

This is great! I took a year of Arabic in college and this inspires me to keep practicing both Arabic and Spanish!

[@sweeetspring]

when you're Arabian, live in Arabic country and you still dont understand some of the Arabic words...LOL

[@nht3892]

Same

[@sweeetspring]

@@nht3892 I know right? lol

[@the_secretsociety]

lebanese people are not "arabian"

[@Abbyravenclaw92]

None of the used words other than قهوة is Arabic

[@sweeetspring]

@@Abbyravenclaw92 LOL I know right? 🤣🤣

[@007linkstar]

Almost all words we have in Spanish that start with "Al" and are not followed by a vowel are from arab origin: Almudena, Alcaraz, Alhambra, etc.

[@solorock28]

those are not common words, alcalde, alberca or almacen are common words.

[@idkkkk420]

who else is muslim (or arabic) ? ❤️🥰 🇸🇦

[@bigrock3158]

كثير كلمات بلفظوها غلط

[@amy_sh]

🇪🇬🇸🇾

[@syahfirizkimeutuah5698]

I'm a Muslim, from Indonesia tho

[@NuniPikachu]

A Muslim :) Hope you have a great ramadan

[@samdylan.551]

Big Rock صحيح نصفها غلط

[@merymcsusa]

YOOOOOOO i'm syrian and i have honestly been waiting for something like this for AGES

[@Ray-238]

Dude samee

[@eliasziad7864]

Fake Syrian that woman looked like she was from Russia, not shocking since Assad is Russian puppet.

[@emilyhopcraft7235]

The moors - Arabic people from Morocco conquered Spain in 711AD so many Spanish words were influenced or directly came from Arabic.

[@brolin96]

Giraffe = Jirafa. Assassin = Asesino. Coffee = Café. Mascara = Máscara. Why are those words similar to the English ones? Don't get me wrong, of course there are many words from Arabic in Spanish, but they always select the most obvious ones. Like pants in Spanish is pantalón. And guitar in Spanish is guitarra. 💀🔫

[@sahara.5208]

@@brolin96 pantalon is bantalon in arabic, and guitarra is qithara

[@sahara.5208]

@@brolin96 jirafa and zarafa similar too

[@mohannedhossam1897]

THIS IS NOT ARABIC THIS IRANIAN

[@FoufouBe]

*North africans, they were not only moroccans but also algerians and tunisians

[@robertvandermeer367]

That Syrian girl is gorgeous, looking amazing oughti ❤️

[@anarodrigo1368]

I mean, the Arabs lived in the territory that is now Spain for many years and left not only many words but also a lot of art, architecture, and culture in general (and Spanish from Latin America comes originally from Spain)

[@John-pk9rw]

Actually the majority of muslims who lived in Spain were not Arab.

[@RedRose-cn8ln]

@@John-pk9rw but Arabs ruled Spain during the Umayyad caliphate 😄

[@itz_yanii378]

I would also like to add that during the 19th century there was a lot of immigration from the Levant to Latin America, especially from Lebanon and Syria.

[@abosym34]

I love you from Syria ❤️🇸🇾🙏

[@diegopeluffo7505]

We love our siryan brothers ans sisters, may the peace be with you all.

[@palestinabaddie]

thanks dear ❤

[@SciFactsYT118]

Random fact: IKEA is an acronym which stands for Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd, which is the founder’s name, farm where he grew up, and hometown.

[@bbc1238]

Noice

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[@LA-go2ik]

In the Netherlands we use (to our own terms, nothing official or anything) IKEA as an acronym which stands for: 'idioten kopen echt alles' The translation means idiots really buy everything 😂

[@lindalately]

SciFacts that’s cool lol

[@DOGOO44]

You'll have a blast with scp 3008

[@princess24758]

For a person who is cubano and Arabic I love this and it’s very easy to learn both languages together!!!!!!

[@FingeringThings]

I wouldn't have thought they were similar but I realized Spain is one body of water away from a lot of arabic countries

[@jasminetries9434]

daniel they never oppressed them Spain was experiencing its golden age during the colonization not to mistake with ethnic cleansing

[@brolin96]

@@jasminetries9434 Ah, yes. The one time you support colonization is when your people are the ruling class. Spanish people could say the same about Spanish conquerors of America.

[@jasminetries9434]

@@brolin96 actually i'm not middle eastern i'm just educated enough to know that what you're saying is false

[@Natalia-pc7fm]

@@daniel-zb7dy No dude, it wasn't oppression, but a golden age that shone light over the dark ages of Europe. Most Spaniards today have a least a few Muslim ancestors and some of the best aspects of our culture (architecture, agriculture, cuisine) comes from the time of Al-andalus.

[@brolin96]

@@daniel-zb7dy You Catalans weren't that oppressed back in the colonial times, were you? Funny because lots of white Hondurans (who are the ruling class btw) have Spanish last names but guess what part of Spain are those last names from. Don't play victim when my people has been victim of yours. 😂

[@saraa5527]

Zayn is awesome, would hang out with here 10/10

[@JohnJE123]

I've studied Spanish and Arabic (and Hebrew). I don't think that Spanish and Arabic are very similar grammatically, though closer in word order and vowel sounds than English and Arabic. But there are about 4,000 words in the Spanish language that are of Arabic origin. Even the iconic term US Latinos, "barrio," is (probably) of Arabic origin.

[@shippou21]

Love the vibe of the hijab girl. Go girl!

[@ramonanaya6236]

Well very much since muslims ruled spain for 700+ years.

[@shairaahmed4853]

Was looking for this

[@JesusLove3573]

*uploads video* The bots: “it’s like this was meant for me”

[@marquizeelias7017]

I love that they put the syrian flag on the thumbnail, syrian and proud 🇸🇾♥️

[@wadeweasley7897]

This is not Arabic this Irania language I am from jordan and people from Egypt and Saudi Arabia don't speak like that .

[@fgouveia5995]

Is the arabic from Syria, Egypt and Saudi Arabia that different?

[@Rkyu97]

F Gouveia Iran offical language is not arabic it's Persian. it's a whole new different language and for saudi arabia and egypt they are arabic but since they're totally different country the dialect/accent is totally different with different Arabic words spoken slightly different or some new words completely different . Basically every Arabic country have different dilect that you really might only understand about 70 to 80% unless you're familiar with it.

[@Abbyravenclaw92]

@@fgouveia5995 iran aren't arabs they're Persian..their language is called Persian too however they use Arabic letters in their writings system..urdu language too uses Arabic letters in writing.. people think Iranians..indians..Pakistanis are arabs bu no they're not..we're different races..sorry for the rant ..i hope this was by any means informative

[@aliheikal2805]

@@fgouveia5995 Iran don't even talk arabic and they aren't arabs they are Asians

[@fgouveia5995]

@@Abbyravenclaw92 Thank you for the explanation :) actually I didn't listen correctly what one of the girls said in the video. I watched it again, and she said se was from Syria. My mistake!

[@npe1]

Arabic also influenced other languages, especially in the South Asian sub-continent. A few years ago I learned some basic Urdu and I was pleasantly surprised to find some familiar words that I knew from Spanish - English is my mother tongue but I studied Spanish at university. So shirt in Urdu is kameez just like camisa in Spanish, orange in Urdu is narangee just like naranja in Spanish, the number 10 in Urdu is das like diez in Spanish, just like two in Urdu is do like dos in Spanish, diwan is customs in Urdu and aduana in Spanish, so we can see that Arabic influenced the local languages at both ends of the medieval Muslim world.

[@darlyndinora1202]

Fun fact Arab migration to Honduras started in the 19th century. Its no wonder we have so many similarities. Even our food was inspired and mixed with the Arab community that migrated. Just look at the flour tortillas

[@austinspencer7486]

Most similarities are due to the Muslim rule over Spain, not Arabs moving to Honduras.

[@solorock28]

las tortillas de harina entraron a honduras gracias a Mexico, no por los arabes.

[@DOGOO44]

Honestly the closest dialict between arabic and Spanish is darija.

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[@SakamotoTheCat]

faaaaaacts

[@razan6579]

I think darija is similar to French isn't it ?

[@DOGOO44]

@@razan6579 yeah kinda

[@FoufouBe]

Facts 🇩🇿 🇲🇦

[@harellzi]

Arabic is friendly language. They have a smiley face

[@MWGame1]

thx dude, its nice to see someone thats not calling us terrorists xD

[@Abbyravenclaw92]

ت

[@alokavibes7529]

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[@MWGame1]

@@firstname4337 here comes the guy who call out all the arabs and he only met 1% of them...

[@davidm3345]

Sportsgamer 91 lmao 😂 look like smiley indeed

[@haisesasaki3944]

Loved this video ❤ From Syria 🇸🇾

[@nanoshkacute3796]

0:23 She is Syrian ..... As me 💖💞 Who is Syrian too ?? 😊

[@syrianatheist817]

ana😊

[@eliasziad7864]

She doesn’t look Syrian.

[@syrianatheist817]

@@eliasziad7864 how does a syrian look like؟

[@eliasziad7864]

@@syrianatheist817 A little bit dark.

[@johnmalik2631]

@@eliasziad7864 nah you would be shocked. A syrian might have more turksh or greek than arab in them. I´m syrian and i´m white as a paper lol. Although there are also allot of syrians who have more darker shades. We are very diverse some look southern european like this syrian in this video and some look straight up arab, it depends on the person really. This also is the case with all levantines or shamis. Look at Mia Khalifa for example. She is lebanese but looks arab eventhow she is a catholic.

[@roteschwert]

The syrian girl is so pretty. Too sad her homeland got turned inside out

[@Abbyravenclaw92]

Dude I'm saudi arabian...yes there are similarities between Spanish and Arabic ..BUT THESE PEOPLE USED WRONG ARABIC WORDS WHAT THE HELL IS HASASIN?

[@fakherr]

7ashashin google it

[@Abbyravenclaw92]

@@fakherr حشاشين؟؟؟ معناها مختلف 🤣

[@fakherr]

@@Abbyravenclaw92 Look at the origin lol

[@daniellefyne5266]

Zayn and Gadiel together are such mood when he said he would take her to DR that warmed my heart🤗🤗

[@youallsuck6596]

Thing is Arabic dialects have a lot of varieties depending on the region.

[@dudedude9528]

Same thing each country that talks Spanish has there own form of Spanish also some Spanish speaking countries have over 200 indigenous dialects

[@rmannayr2129]

LAUREN AND KIMBERLY FEEL LIKE THEY ARE SISTERS!

[@fernandamunoz748]

This video shouldn’t be titled as Spanish and Arabs this video should be titled as Latinos and Arabs cause non of the guys talking in Spanish are Spanish, they are from Latinamerica...

[@syrianatheist817]

levant people and latinos*

[@marvelholic5672]

Conclusion : they are similar : )

[@nosirve9458]

4-6% of the words of spanish are similar to arabic. They are not similar. Spanish is more Similar to a lot of languages before Arabic like French, Italian, Portuguese, and there is a lot of words who people don't use like "almohada", here in Catalonia use "cojín" o "coixí"

[@viktorsminov1579]

@@nosirve9458 Obviously friend my language Spanish has more similar to French and Portuguese because the basis of the languages I already mentioned are the Latin language used by the Romans, so without knowing French I can go and communicate with someone in a way simply with some slight differences

[@nosirve9458]

@@viktorsminov1579 Yes, i'm pointing out what you just mention :p

[@viktorsminov1579]

@@nosirve9458 Yea😎✌️ Although I don't think I can go to some Arab country to communicate without studying it beforehand it would be almost impossible for me to talk to someone from Egypt

[@gauravxdhingra]

I dunno why, but whenever I hear or see Arabic anywhere, all I can imagine is that the place was just struck by a terror attack.

[@nht3892]

You need to learn more about the Arabic culture. It is very diverse and definitely not about terrorism like the media tries to show you.

[@anonanon1462]

Yikes. That's Ignorant. Educate yourself.

[@yasmineelboubsi6038]

Says the guy whos culture poops on traintracks

[@njamison1000]

Only about 8% of Spanish vocabulary has some sort of Arabic root and this video makes it seem like they are sister languages.

[@definotabungirl]

I can speak both: hello Hola مرحبًا

[@alicia55508]

My professor said azúcar is also the same 👀 very interesting

[@shairaahmed4853]

He's right

[@abuhuraira3685]

One who speaks only one language is one person But one who speaks two languages is two people

[@merymcsusa]

what??

[@ramonanaya6236]

Than i just have split personality

[@brolin96]

I am a nice person in Spanish, but I like being rude in English.

[@brolin96]

@Sarah Asaad Seriously, I abuse sarcasm in English, while in Spanish, I try my best to let people know my disappointment in a polite way. I used to work in costumer service for a leasing company, and the English speaking customers didn't respect the policy of the company while the Spanish speaking customers were like: I don't agree with this, but I should've read the contract so I will just respect what I signed up for.

[@abid6053]

The thing is that "Ḥaššāšīn" doen't mean "Murderer" in Arabic. It means "weed smokers".

[@rmannayr2129]

THE SIMILARITIES ARE INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@DanielSanchez-xr1kh]

Why is Zayn such a mood?!

[@Aukrenchi17]

The Syrian girl is so pretty!

[@rmannayr2129]

THE SYRIAN AND SPANISH GIRL LOOK LIKE THEY ARE SISTERS!

[@olg06]

She is not Spanish. These Buzzfeed people are from latin-american descent. The correct term to use would be "Hispanic"

[@val827]

Hey umm just wanna say one thing no hate but, i see lots of videos with south American people and they say SPANISH, like in this video the words are the same but like mexican or idk argentino are not the same as spanish. Being from mexico doesn’t mean you are spanish or whatever it means you are mexican. Spain is in Europe and Argentina or mexico chile etc.. are in America. Plss understand the diference its just getting kinda annoying every now and then. (Srry for bad spelling im spanish so idk much about this ;v;)

[@michellekitten8324]

I like doing this with Dutch and Afrikaans, it freaks people out lmfao

[@mkristina1994]

Zerafa is my mother’s maiden name. If you really want to compare Arabic to another language, it should be Maltese :) 🇲🇹

[@dontfollowme7643]

to confirm this similarity between arabic and spanish , i recommand to you to search more about the north african dialect "Algerian & morrocan dialect " you gonna found a lot of spanish words just check it .

[@moroccoisback477]

like alquilar = lkra = rent, typical maghrebi

[@issa37031]

Am from Lebanon and yup it is great to see this kind of vids on Buzzfeed. 🤟🤟

[@Dios67]

Like most, if not all, European languages Spanish comes from Latin brought to the Iberian Peninsula by the Romans. But, Since the Moors invaded Spain and held different parts of it for about 800 years then there would be some merging of the different cultures. It's interesting you would take a sad period in history of war and conquest and turn it into a game. The Arabic/Islamic peoples constantly tried to invade Europe on many fronts for 1000+ years. So many of the middle European Slavic peoples were taken the word "slave" came from it. How about take a crew up to Dearborn, MI and try to buy a gay wedding cake from one of the peaceful merchants there.

[@kindhani8134]

And the Europeans were peaceful people? Without the arab conquest Europe wouldn't have developed, wouldn't have remained the greek and roman literatures, there would be no guitar, no flamingo etc., no soap in Europe, no exotic fruits, no important scientific, architectural, artistic developments happening in the Iberian Peninsula. That wasn't a sad period for the flourishing Iberian Peninsula while the rest of Europe was in the dark ages the Iberian Peninsula enjoyed much freedom for that time in different aspects.

[@richardgabriel1801]

lol you funny dios stop crying

[@richardgabriel1801]

like a french priest told in th tv without arab no greek book

[@salotheviper]

Any real arabs knows that this is bs 😂😂😂 at least 80%

[@marioformosa4259]

Flash cards with words are nonsense. Just ask a Spanish guy to listen to Arab local news . He couldn't even tell you the subjects discussed!

[@olg06]

Dude I'm bilingual mexican-american and been around arabs having conversation and didn't understand jack shyt 😅.

[@ibrahim3690]

well considering history spain was conquered by muslims and was called Andalus or Iberia

[@ImLexiRomero]

Spanish and Italian are also similar too.

[@carlosgomezzzzzzz]

Romance languages

[@Privatepyle69]

Latin roots also is a factor.

[@pranavtiwari6772]

Both are latin languages.

[@ImLexiRomero]

@@pranavtiwari6772 yea

[@palestinabaddie]

Syrian 😍

[@azra5831]

You should do arabic and turkish! There are a lot of similarities too

[@rmannayr2129]

LAUREN AND KIMBERLY ARE CUTE!

[@jennifermaldonado8813]

Ojalá = “oh Allah”

[@cholizgz9999]

Arabs and Spanish, even if we’ve had our differences, we’re brothers 💪

[@ojberrettaberretta5314]

we are not brothers

[@bakeee1453]

Spaniards are white Europeans, while Arabs are of Asian(Semitic) origin

[@anonanon1462]

@@bakeee1453 lmaoo, a vast majority of Spanish people have arab blood.

[@anonanon1462]

@@ojberrettaberretta5314 ofc not. Ur a loser, why would anyone want to be brothers with you?

[@darioriverosara8526]

@@anonanon1462 It is estimated that around a 60% of Spaniards have a 5% of arabic blood, but we're mostly white europeans yes.

[@mohammedyassine9263]

Asesino murder litteraly comes from assasiyun or hashashin which were a muslim shia sect of assasins

[@angelhug]

The perfect challenge should have being the two of them building or cooking something only using Arabic and Spanish

[@Kuralai95]

What’s the point of this video? They haven’t heard of loanwords? Lol. I feel like I lost brain cells watching this video

[@yourmainsqueeze_1556]

Its more than just loanwords. 20% of spanish is Arabic. Arabic empires rules spain for a hot minute. When the colonizers docked in mexico and other north american latin countries the brought that arabic and spanish with them. A lot happened in between then but thats the big big picture. Latin and arabic cultures are extremely bonded

[@alvarotaeemh9941]

@@yourmainsqueeze_1556 it's actually around 4000 words or 8% of our vocabulary

[@ojberrettaberretta5314]

@@yourmainsqueeze_1556 no they are not they brought spanish and not arabic and latino culture is very very different from arab culture

[@pranavtiwari6772]

@@yourmainsqueeze_1556 What a load of BS. Who told you that kinda crap? Arabic culture has no bond with Spanish culture. They were invaders and they were kicked out during reconquest. There might be few arabic words adopted into spanish language but the connection ends there.

[@yourmainsqueeze_1556]

Pranav Tiwari lol no

[@batoola4986]

they really aren’t that similar lol

[@hamada7797]

Failing BuzzFeed couldn't even fix the sound levels..

[@Aya.822]

As a syrian I really think Spanish is similar to Arabic even latinas and Arabs look a bit the same...

[@olg06]

Because both Latinas & Arabs are "mestizo" (mixed) people

[@Aya.822]

@@olg06 Ik that, cuz long time ago arabs were living in spain and a part of mexico so the latinas took their genes so this is why they still look the same

[@i890ola]

Love From Syria 🇸🇾

[@Fares.SA37-4]

If scholars do deep research on languages, they will discover it all started from Arabic

[@Juanelias19899]

Gadiel was like i'll take you to 🇩🇴🤣🤣🤣🙌🏽

[@i890ola]

You also have to learn ArabicBecause the Arab people love the language and the Spanish people.All love from the Arab world🇸🇾❤

[@eliasziad7864]

Syrians didn’t create Arabic.

[@ahmadjaabari2184]

I think you guys used google translate to get the Arabic words LOL. I'm native Arabic speaker and I've never heard of any of them except the two words 'Coffee' and 'Giraffe'

[@kindhani8134]

All of them are classical arabic words

[@FingeringThings]

Moroccans can relate

[@jaidenreyes78]

Spanish 🇻🇪🇵🇷🇸🇻🇵🇦🇵🇪🇲🇽🇨🇱🇲🇲🇲🇱🇩🇴🇪🇨🇨🇺🇨🇱🇨🇴🇦🇷🇪🇸 or Arabic 🇵🇸🇰🇼🇮🇶🇮🇷🇪🇬🇧🇭🇦🇲🇸🇩

[@wlsfb]

Am I the only person that is arab and Hispanic and knows Arabic and Spanish, life is crazy

[@algorithm1635]

Spanish language have more than 4000 words arabic origin words, and Portuguese language have more than 3600 words from Arabic origin 👍

[@abiteofheaven6202]

As a SYRIAN, I speak Spanish very good and I have been living in Spain for 6 months and i have to say this video was awful.. Some of the words were not even Arabic.. I don't know how the girl who said she is from Syria too agreed on the Arabic meanings. There are tons of other words like : Almohada Albañil Alcázar Alubia Arroz Aceitunas.. And the list goes on and on

[@kcl060]

Wow, super interesting!

[@jeannebrdt]

I’m kinda :/ cause there is way more to develop here. Like punctuation in Spanish is completely owned to Arabic. They made a game out of it but there is a long fascinating history they deserve to know. So many details of their cultures are fusions born of 700 years of cohabitation. That would be so interesting to develop

[@palestinabaddie]

xd

[@fernandamunoz748]

this video should be titled as Latinos and Arabs, because those 2 guys that are talking in Spanish aren’t Spanish, they were born in Latinamerica

[@karenraven867]

Just to be clear..am a syrian girl too..but i dont understand a word of what that syrian girl said..🤔

[@moniepurple25]

Zain and gadiel are so good together! Liking the vibe 😊

[@palestinabaddie]

Ship them

[@TEKKKNO]

The arabic is not arabic do they try to invent new language 🤷