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Spanish words ending in 't'?

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So, it only just dawned on me the other day, after a native Spanish person mentioned it to me, that there are very few words ending in 't', in Spanish.

Just recently, I came across one

superávit

A male noun, meaning "surplus, residue" (No doubt related to the verb "superar" - in fact, it looks like it is a direct grab of the Latin third person singular past tense form for the equivalent Latin verb super?, super?re -- ie super?vit)

Well, can anyone think of any other neat (non imported!) words ending in "t"?

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updated Feb 17, 2016
posted by tomsky

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My contribution:

argot

updated Jun 11, 2012
posted by DualG
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Good question because it never occured to me that "superavit" in english is not "superávit", because is the oppositeof "déficit" wich in English is the same. So...superavit is the oposit to deficit which is not the same than surplus as I do understand.

More t ended: complot (conspiration)

updated Jun 8, 2012
posted by alixi
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Otros ejemplos:

Cénit, confort, closet, yogurt, mamut, debut, boicot, robot, tarot, test, etc.

Muchas de estas palabras son de origen extranjero y han sido adoptadas en español por la fuerza de la costumbre.

updated Feb 17, 2016
posted by francobollo
By closet, shirley you mean closer... - afowen, Jun 9, 2012
by closet, surely you mean armario. and by debut, surly you mean estrenar, and by boicot surly you mean boicotear, and by test, surly you mean prueba and by yogurt you mean yogur, what language are you speaking?? - Ngarayco, Feb 17, 2016
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This post reminds me of a question i was asked awhile back by a friend . .It was " Can you name over ten names of a female that end with the letter "O" ? " As it turns out there are only a few . Here are some examples, Rocio and Consuelo . As far as i can remember i was only able to guess about 8 names ..Lets see if the list goes over 10 .Thanks , Jesse

updated Jun 9, 2012
edited by whiterockjesse
posted by whiterockjesse
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Nayarít ..... state in Mexico

updated Jun 8, 2012
posted by 005faa61