{"id":6709,"date":"2019-06-20T11:55:02","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T10:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spanish.kwiziq.com\/blog\/?p=6709"},"modified":"2019-06-13T09:36:25","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T08:36:25","slug":"arabismos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spanish.kwiziq.com\/blog\/arabismos\/","title":{"rendered":"Arabismos"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Spanish online reading and listening practice &#8211; level B2<\/h2>\n<p>For nearly 800 years, Arabs from North Africa, frequently referred to as &#8220;Moors&#8221; (Spanish = <em>moros<\/em>), were the dominant rulers of a vast part  modern-day Spain. 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