Spanish

Span·ish

(spăn′ĭsh)

adj.

1. Of or relating to Spain or its people or culture.

2. Of or relating to the Spanish language.

1. The Romance language of the largest part of Spain and most of Central and South America.

2. (used with a pl. verb) The people of Spain.

[Alteration (influenced by Latin Hispānia, Spain) of Middle English Spainish, from Spaine, Spain, from Old French Espaigne; see Spaniard.]

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Spanish

(ˈspænɪʃ)

1. (Languages) the official language of Spain, Mexico, and most countries of South and Central America except Brazil: also spoken in Africa, the Far East, and elsewhere. It is the native language of approximately 200 million people throughout the world. Spanish is an Indo-European language belonging to the Romance group

2. (Peoples) the Spanish (functioning as plural) Spaniards collectively

adj

3. (Languages) of or relating to the Spanish language or its speakers

4. (Peoples) of or relating to the Spanish language or its speakers

5. (Placename) of or relating to Spain or Spaniards

6. (Peoples) of or relating to Spain or Spaniards

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Span•ish

(ˈspæn ɪʃ)

1. a Romance language spoken in Spain and in parts of the New World formerly under Spanish dominion, with official status in Mexico, most of Central and South America excluding Brazil, and several of the Antillean islands. Abbr.: Sp, Span.

2. (used with a pl. v.)

a. the inhabitants of Spain.

b. natives of Spain or persons of Spanish ancestry outside Spain.

adj.

3. of or pertaining to Spain or its inhabitants.

4. of or pertaining to Spanish.

[1175–1225]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

Spanish - the Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the countries colonized by Spain

feria - (in Spanish speaking regions) a local festival or fair, usually in honor of some patron saint

Don - a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for men that is prefixed to the forename; "Don Roberto"

Dona - a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for a woman; "Dona Marguerita"

Senor - a Spanish title or form of address for a man; similar to the English `Mr' or `sir'

Senora - a Spanish title or form of address for a married woman; similar to the English `Mrs' or `madam'

Senorita - a Spanish title or form of address used to or of an unmarried girl or woman; similar to the English `Miss'

Castilian - the Spanish language as spoken in Castile

Judeo-Spanish, Ladino - the Spanish dialect spoken by Sephardic Jews but written in the Hebrew script

Espana, Kingdom of Spain, Spain - a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power

Don - a Spanish gentleman or nobleman

Spanish - the people of Spain

nation, country, land - the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him"

Adj.

Spanish - of or relating to or characteristic of Spain or the people of Spain; "Spanish music"

Translations

Spaans

испански

castellà

španělskýšpanělština

spanskspanier

hispanahispana lingvo

hispaaniahispaania keel

اسپانیایی

espanjalainenespanjan kieliespanja

ספרדית

स्पॅनिशस्पैनिशस्पेनीय

španjolskišpanjolski jezik

spanyolspanyol: a spanyol népspanyolok: a spanyolok

espaniol

bahasa SpanyolSpanyol

spænskspænskaspænskarspænskirspænskt

スペインのスペイン人スペイン語

스페인 사람스페인어스페인의

lingua Hispanica

ispanųispanų kalba

spāņu valoda

സ്പാനിഷ്‌ ഭാഷ

spaniolspaniolă

španielčinašpanielsky

španščina

španskiшпанскишпански језик

spanskaspansk

Kihispania

ภาษาสเปนเกี่ยวกับสเปน

іспанський

người Tây Ban Nhathuộc nước/người/tiếng Tây Ban Nhatiếng Tây Ban Nha

Spanish

[ˈspænɪʃ]

B. N

1. the Spanish (= people) → los españoles

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Spanish

Spanish America

n die spanischsprachigen Länder Mittel- und Südamerikas

Spanish-American

adj → spanisch-amerikanisch

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Spanish

[ˈspænɪʃ]

1. adj (gen) → spagnolo/a; (teacher, lesson, book) → di spagnolo
Spanish America → America latina

2. n

b. the Spanish npl (people) → gli Spagnoli

spanish

→ إسْبَانِيّ španělský, španělština spanier, spansk spanisch Ισπανικά, ισπανικός español espanjalainen espagnol španjolski spagnolo スペインの, スペイン人 스페인 사람, 스페인의 Spaans spanjol, spansk hiszpański, język hiszpański espanhol испанский, испанский язык spansk, spanska เกี่ยวกับสเปน, ภาษาสเปน İspanyol, İspanyolca thuộc nước/người/tiếng Tây Ban Nha, tiếng Tây Ban Nha 西班牙人, 西班牙的

Spanish

n. [language] español; [native] español-a;

a. español-a;

Spanish-American → hispanoamericano-a, pop. latino-a.