While there are many definitions of Latin America, it is commonly understood to consist of the entire continent of South America in addition to Mexico, Central America, and the islands of the Caribbean whose inhabitants speak a Romance language. This definition includes the English and Dutch-speaking countries of Belize, Guyana, and Suriname, which because they speak Germanic languages, other definitions exclude.

 Real Academia Española (known as the RAE, or the Royal Spanish Academy) is the official institution responsible for regulating and protecting the Spanish language, largely through its definitive dictionary.

 Gender neutrality is the concept that policies, language, and social structures should avoid separating or assigning roles based on a person's sex or gender.