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[[caption-width-right:330:[[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay No problemo]]. [[note]]It's actually "No entrar aquí," and "Entre por otro lado." And it's "No hay problem''a''", for that matter. The Spanish equivalent of this trope would be "No entrar aquí - Entration por otration ladation"[[/note]] ]]

[[caption-width-right:330:[[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay No problemo]]. [[note]]It's actually "No entrar aquí," and "Entre por otro lado." And it's "No hay problem''a''", for that matter. The Spanish equivalent would be "No entrar aquí - Entration por otration ladation"[[/note]] ]]

[[caption-width-right:330:[[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay No problemo]]. [[note]]It's actually "No entrar aquí," and "Entre por otro lado." And it's "No hay problem''a''", for that matter.[[/note]] ]]

* ''WesternAnimation/AngryBeavers'': one episode, titled ''Norberto y Daggetto en El Grapadura y el Castor Malo"'', has all the dialogue spoken in Spanish with English subtitles. In one scene, Daggett (playing the part of an evil scientist) explains his evil plan via a slide show, and every time he goes to the next slide he says "BEEP!" out loud, but the subtitles are written as "(El Beep-o!)".

* In ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'', John teaches the T-800 to say "no problemo" (which is actually "Spanglish," and isn't right; the correct way to say "no problem" would be "No hay problema."). John also teaches him "Hasta la vista ([[CatchPhrase baby]])" which actually is correct (it means "Farewell"). The Spanish dub of the movie became a pretty good example of KeepItForeign translating the catchphrase as "Sayonara, baby", which then became a relatively popular expression in Spain [[note]]This was not the case for the Latin-American Spanish translation, though. The Spain translations and dubbings tend to be more idiosyncratic[[/note]].

* ''LetsPlay/Dzwiedz24'' has the CatchPhrase "pełnos gacios", translated as "[[BringMyBrownPants pantos fullos]]".

** Assassin is often translated to Spanish as "Asesino" (killer) when actually the closer meaning would be "Sicario" (hitman).
** Cult is often translated as "Culto" (worship) meanwhile in English really means something like the Spanish word "Secta" (religious cult).

** The same trope also applies to other languages besides English: Italian and Japanese, with "I", German and Dutch with "-en" and Russian overstressing the "R" letters or adding an "ski" at the end.
** Mostly in Latin America, Portuguese is treated as adding "-inho" or "-inha" at the end to everything. This actually causes a problem by mistaking "camisinha" as [[InMyLanguageThatSoundsLike "shirt"]]. It actually means "condom".

** This phenomenon can happen to some Spanish dialects as well. In 2015, Valencia's Mayoress Rita Barberá became memetic in Spain due to her spectacularly failed attempt of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRr6CAN7ue0 giving a speech in Valencian,]] a language she clearly had no bloody clue about. She mixed words in Valencian and Spanish, other words were completely made up, and finally flavored the speech with the now infamous "caloret" (a non-existent word formed by "calor," Spanish for "heat", and "-et," a popular Valencian suffix which in this case is ''not'' the correct way to translate the word to the language).

This is usually a joke, but sometimes it's just plain desperation, if not outright insensitivity. In the U.S., [[UsefulNotes/SpanishLanguage Spanish]] is the language that most commonly gets this treatment, with the article "el" being put in front of English words and the masculine ending "-o" being put on the end. For example, an English speaker who wanted beer might ask a Spanish-speaker for "el beero," when it should have been "''la'' cervez''a''." Other languages get this treatment too. French, for example, will have the masculine article "le" placed in front of English words with the ending "-é" occasionally added. Italian will have "La" in front of words, an "a-" prefix ("It's a-me, Mario!") and another suffix "-a" added after. Russian will get "-ov" or "-ski" ([[BreadEggsBreadedEggs or "-ovski"]]) added to the ends of names and words, Latin with "-us" or "-um," German with "-en," Chinese with "-ee" or "-ing," Portuguese with "-eiro" or "-inho," Japanese with "-ru" or "[[{{Keigo}} -desu/masu]]," and Greek with "-on" or "-tron" (to make {{Technobabble}}). English itself in some languages takes this treatment with words ending with "-ing" or "-ation".

* A cutting on ''Radio/TheNewsQuiz'' in 2006 described a court case in which a German sailor who spoke no English was on trial in Glasgow Sherrif's Court, and the sherrif didn't want to proceed without a translator. A "local character" claimed he spoke German and volunteered. Instructed to ask the man his name, he bellowed "Vat is your name?" in his best impression of a Gestapo agent in a war movie, and was fined £200 for contempt of court.

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinkenlights Der Blinkenlichten.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'', Lightning tries to explain to the Italian Guido that he doesn't need his pitstop services for the race, because the race is only one lap. "Uno lapo! Comprendo?"

** There is also "Putana Da Seatbeltz" [[note]]''Allacciate le cinture''[[/note]] probably referencing Italian, where "putana" means "[[{{Bilingual Bonus}} prostitute]]").

* ''Series/MadTV'':

* ''VideoGame/BioShock'' and ''VideoGame/BioShock2'' make the same Spanish/Italian mix-up as ''The Sims'', with the El Ammo Bandito (rather than Bandido) bullet vending machines that1 play Spanish voice clips.

* The ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' sketch "J-Pop America Fun Time Now!" consists of clueless college students (played by Vanessa Bayer and [[Series/{{MADtv}} Taran Killam]]) attempting to host a Japanese-style variety show/talk show, adding Japanese-sounding suffixes to English words and names, and causing general embarrassment to their Japanese studies professor (Jason Sudeikis), who repeatedly points out that these white kids don't understand Japanese culture at all and are, in fact, the worst students he's ever had in his class.

** This phenomenon can happen to some Spanish dialects as well. In 2015, Valencia's Mayoress Rita Barberá became memetic in Spain due to her spectacularly failed attempt of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRr6CAN7ue0 giving a speech in Valencian,]] a language she ostensibly had no bloody clue about. She mixed words in Valencian and Spanish, made up completely other words, and finally flavored the speech with the now infamous "caloret" (a non-existent word formed by "calor," Spanish for "heat", and "-et," a popular Valencian suffix which in this case is ''not'' the correct way to translate the word to the language).

** Pronouncing Habanero as Haba'''ñ'''ero (like "haba'''ny'''ero"). Possibly caused by confusion with Jalapeño, which actually does have a palatalized ñ.

* This hilarious exchange from ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'':
-->'''Teresa:''' Honey, adding '-ito' to something does not make it Spanish!\\

'''Teresa:''' Oh boy.
* On an episode of ''Series/NineteenKidsAndCounting'' in which the Duggar family makes a mission trip to El Salvador, Jim Bob says, "Back-o out of the way-o."

This is usually a joke, but sometimes it's just plain desperation, if not outright insensitivity. In the U.S., [[UsefulNotes/SpanishLanguage Spanish]] is the language that most commonly gets this treatment, with the article "el" being put in front of English words and the masculine ending "-o" being put on the end. For example, an English speaker who wanted beer might ask a Spanish-speaker for "el beero," when it should have been "''la'' cervez''a''." Other languages get this treatment too. French, for example, will have the masculine article "le" placed in front of English words with the ending "-é" occasionally added. Italian will have "La" in front of words, an "a-" prefix ("It's a-me, Mario!") and another suffix "-a" added after. Russian will get "-ov" or "-ski" ([[BreadEggsBreadedEggs or "-ovski"]]) added to the ends of names and words, Latin with "-us" or "-um," German with "-en," Chinese with "-ee" or "-ing," Portuguese with "-eiro" or "-inho," Japanese with "-ru" or "[[{{Keigo}} -desu/masu]]," and Greek with "-on" or "-tron" (to make SciFi jargon). English itself in some languages takes this treatment with words ending with "-ing" or "-ation".

This is usually a joke, but sometimes it's just plain desperation, if not outright insensitivity. In the U.S., [[UsefulNotes/SpanishLanguage Spanish]] is the language that most commonly gets this treatment, with the article "el" being put in front of English words and the masculine ending "-o" being put on the end. For example, an English speaker who wanted beer might ask a Spanish-speaker for "el beero," when it should have been "''la'' cervez''a''." Other languages get this treatment too. French, for example, will have the masculine article "le" placed in front of English words with the ending "-é" occasionally added. Italian will have "La" in front of words, an "a-" prefix ("It's a-me, Mario!") and another suffix "-a" added after. Russian will get "-ov" or "-ski" ([[BreadEggsBreadedEggs or "-ovski"]]) added to the ends of names and words, Latin with "-us" or "-um," German with "-en," Chinese with "-ee" or "-ing," Portuguese with "-eiro" or "-inho," Japanese with "-ru" or "[[{{Keigo}} -desu/masu]]," and Greek with "-on" or "-tron" (to make [[Technobabble]]). English itself in some languages takes this treatment with words ending with "-ing" or "-ation".

This is usually a joke, but sometimes it's just plain desperation, if not outright insensitivity. In the U.S., [[UsefulNotes/SpanishLanguage Spanish]] is the language that most commonly gets this treatment, with the article "el" being put in front of English words and the masculine ending "-o" being put on the end. For example, an English speaker who wanted beer might ask a Spanish-speaker for "el beero," when it should have been "''la'' cervez''a''." Other languages get this treatment too. French, for example, will have the masculine article "le" placed in front of English words with the ending "-é" occasionally added. Italian will have "La" in front of words, an "a-" prefix ("It's a-me, Mario!") and another suffix "-a" added after. Russian will get "-ov" or "-ski" ([[BreadEggsBreadedEggs or "-ovski"]]) added to the ends of names and words, Latin with "-us" or "-um," German with "-en," Chinese with "-ee" or "-ing," Portuguese with "-eiro" or "-inho," Japanese with "-ru" or "[[{{Keigo}} -desu/masu]]," and Greek with "-on" or "-tron" (to make Technobabble). English itself in some languages takes this treatment with words ending with "-ing" or "-ation".

This is usually a joke, but sometimes it's just plain desperation, if not outright insensitivity. In the U.S., [[UsefulNotes/SpanishLanguage Spanish]] is the language that most commonly gets this treatment, with the article "el" being put in front of English words and the masculine ending "-o" being put on the end. For example, an English speaker who wanted beer might ask a Spanish-speaker for "el beero," when it should have been "''la'' cervez''a''." Other languages get this treatment too. French, for example, will have the masculine article "le" placed in front of English words with the ending "-é" occasionally added. Italian will have "La" in front of words, an "a-" prefix ("It's a-me, Mario!") and another suffix "-a" added after. Russian will get "-ov" or "-ski" ([[BreadEggsBreadedEggs or "-ovski"]]) added to the ends of names and words, Latin with "-us" or "-um," German with "-en," Chinese with "-ee" or "-ing," Portuguese with "-eiro" or "-inho," Japanese with "-ru" or "[[{{Keigo}} -desu/masu]]," and Greek with "-on" or "-tron" (to make SciFi [[Technobabble jargon]]). English itself in some languages takes this treatment with words ending with "-ing" or "-ation".

This is usually a joke, but sometimes it's just plain desperation, if not outright insensitivity. In the U.S., [[UsefulNotes/SpanishLanguage Spanish]] is the language that most commonly gets this treatment, with the article "el" being put in front of English words and the masculine ending "-o" being put on the end. For example, an English speaker who wanted beer might ask a Spanish-speaker for "el beero," when it should have been "''la'' cervez''a''." Other languages get this treatment too. French, for example, will have the masculine article "le" placed in front of English words with the ending "-é" occasionally added. Italian will have "La" in front of words, an "a-" prefix ("It's a-me, Mario!") and another suffix "-a" added after. Russian will get "-ov" or "-ski" ([[BreadEggsBreadedEggs or "-ovski"]]) added to the ends of names and words, Latin with "-us" or "-um," German with "-en," Chinese with "-ee" or "-ing," Portuguese with "-eiro" or "-inho," Japanese with "-ru" or "[[{{Keigo}} -desu/masu]]," and Greek with "-on" or "-tron" (to make SciFi jargon). English itself in some languages takes this treatment with words ending with "-ing" or "-ation".

* ''Series/BreakingBad'' basically ''is'' this trope. It is full of badly translated and constructed Spanish names, such as ''Los pollos hermanos'' and ''Vamonos Pest''.

* ''Series/TheXFiles'': Mulder in the episode "Little Green Men" gave us this treat: "No, Jorge! Don’t touch that red button. No-ho on the rojo."

** In a later episode, it's revealed that she can speak perfect spanish, when she's forced to live in one of the neglected apartments she's a landlord of. Leaning out of the window, she yells down to a boy to tell him that his mother has been looking for him, and then speaks to him in Spanish. Will then lampshades this by saying "Yet with Rosario, it's 'Scrubo the tubo'".

** Lacienega's family's last name is a corruption of "Boulevard" with "-ez" at the end to make it sound Spanish.[[note]]Her name is a pun on La Cienega Boulevard, a famous street in Los Angeles. "Bulevar" would’ve been more linguistically accurate.[[/note]]