Spanish Definition

spănĭsh

adjective

Of Spain or its people, language, or culture.

Webster's New World

Of or relating to the Spanish language.

American Heritage

noun

The Romance language spoken in Spain and Spanish America.

Webster's New World

The people of Spain.

American Heritage

(US, collective in the plural) People of Hispanic origin.

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
Spanish people
el Español (Spanish)
Iberian dialects
mexican
latin-american-spanish
el EspaÃ±ol (Spanish)
Modern Spanish
old-spanish
hispanic
castilian

pronoun

A Romance language primarily spoken in Spain and in the Americas.

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verb

(printing) To subject to spanishing, a printing process in which an ink is deposited on the bottoms and sides of depressions formed in a plastic material.

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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Spanish

the Spanish

Origin of Spanish

Alteration (influenced by Latin Hispānia Spain) of Middle English Spainish from Spaine Spain from Old French Espaigne Spaniard

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle English Spainish, Spanish, from Spain + -ish.

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