Editing Spanglish (section)

===Semantic extensions===
Semantic extension or reassignment refers to a phenomenon where speakers use a word of language A (typically Spanish in this case) with the meaning of its cognate in language B (typically English), rather than its standard meaning in language A. In Spanglish this usually occurs in the case of "[[false friends]]" (similar to, but technically not the same as [[false cognates]]), where words of similar form in Spanish and English are thought to have similar meanings based on their cognate relationship.{{sfn|Montes-Alcalá|2000|p=105}}

Examples:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Spanglish
! English basis and meaning
! Standard Spanish
! Meaning of Spanglish word in standard Spanish
|-
| ''actualmente''
| actually
| ''en realidad, realmente, de verdad, verdaderamente, de hecho''
| currently
|-
| ''aplicación''
| application (written request)
| ''solicitud, postulación''
| application (of paint, etc.)
|-
| ''bizarro''
| bizarre
| ''estrambótico''
| valiant, dashing
|-
| ''carpeta''
| carpet
| ''alfombra'', ''moqueta''
| folder
|-
| ''chequear/checar''
| to check (verify)
| ''comprobar'', ''verificar''
| —
|-
|''eventualmente''
|eventually
|''finalmente, al final, por fin''
|possibly
|-
| ''librería''
| library
| ''biblioteca''
| bookstore
|-
| ''parquear''
| to park
| ''estacionar'', ''aparcar''
| —
|-
| ''realizar''
| to realize
| ''darse cuenta''
| to carry out, to perform, to fulfill
|-
| ''recordar''
| to record
| ''grabar''
| to remember
|-
| ''rentar''
| to rent
| ''alquilar, arrendar''
| to yield, to produce a profit
|-
| ''renta''
| rent
| ''alquiler, arriendo''
| yield, profit
|-
| ''sanitizador''
| sanitizer
| ''desinfectante''
| —
|- 
|''sentencia''
|sentence (linguistics)
|''frase, oración''
|sentence (court decision)
|-
| ''wacha''
| to watch out
| ''cuidado''
| —
|}

An example of this lexical phenomenon in Spanglish is the emergence of new verbs when the [[Productivity (linguistics)|productive]] Spanish verb-making suffix ''-ear'' is attached to an English verb. For example, the Spanish verb for "to eat lunch" (''almorzar'' in standard Spanish) becomes ''lonchear'' (occasionally ''lunchear''). The same process produces ''watchear'', <!--- Include ''puchar'' here IF its meaning and English basis can be given. --> ''parquear'', ''emailear'', ''twittear'', etc.{{sfn|Rothman|Rell|2005}}{{Page needed|date=December 2023}}