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How many words in the Spanish dictionary are a direct influence from the Arabic language?

How many words in the Spanish dictionary are a direct influence from the Arabic language?
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How many words in the Spanish dictionary are a direct influence from the Arabic language?

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the Catholic king and queen) Ferdinand and Isabel expelled the Arab empire from the Spanish kingdom in 1492, Castilian Spanish has retained approximately 8,000 words with Arabic origin to this day.
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Around 4,000 words and 8% of the Spanish dictionary.
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