Yes and no. They explored southern Colorado and even engaged in several mining ventures but never really controlled a large area for any length of time. They did however establish a number of missions and numerous small communities.
Colorado, which is named after the Colorado River or Rio Colorado-Spanish for "Red River".(The more common word for red in modern Spanish is rojo, and colorado literally means simply "colored", but for some reason colorado has been used since around 1300 to refer to something specifically colored red.)
The Spaniards wanted to use the land to grow cash crops and mine for mineral wealth.
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In Spanish,"colorado" is one word for the color "red".
Colorado is originally a Spanish word. So, that's how to spell it.
The river explored by the spanish is the Colorado River.
Colorado means 'colorful' in spanish, wrong answer Colorado means red in spanish. like your face turn red, spanish "te pusiste colorada (o)"
Colorado is the Spanish word for red.
Arizona,New Mexico,and Colorado
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Colorado is Spanish for 'Red' or 'Reddish'. It is named after the Colorado River.
Colorado = red
It is Spanish for "reddish colored", "ruby" or "red"
When the Spanish came to the US, they named colorado "color red", which later developed into colorado.
The Colorado River looked red so people called it Colorado which is Spanish for red.