Spanish
See also: spanish
English
Etymology
From Middle English Spainish, Spanish, from Spain + -ish.
Pronunciation
- enPR: spăn'ĭsh, IPA(key): /ˈspæn.ɪʃ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ænɪʃ
Adjective
Spanish (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to Spain.
- 2005, J. P. Sullivan, Martial, the unexpected classic, page 1:
- Whether Martial's heart was in the Spanish highlands or whether he was happy enough in Rome will be discussed later […]
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- Of or pertaining to the people or culture of Spain.
- 1996, Oscar Zeta Acosta, "From Whence I Came", Oscar "Zeta" Acosta: the uncollected works, page 42
- Though she was Indian like the rest of us, she had a fine Spanish nose.
- 2007, Lynette Rohrer Shirk, chapter 1, in The Everything Tapas and Small Plates Cookbook:
- Spanish cuisine is not as spicy hot as Mexican, but it is flavorful and bright.
- 1996, Oscar Zeta Acosta, "From Whence I Came", Oscar "Zeta" Acosta: the uncollected works, page 42
- Of or pertaining to the Spanish language.
- 1918, Julián Moreno-Lacalle, Elements of Spanish Pronunciation, page 12:
- Fundamentally, the Spanish vowel sounds are only five, even though as a matter of fact there may be different other sounds for such vowels as [a], [e] and [o].
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Quotations
- For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:Spanish.
Derived terms
Translations
of or pertaining to Spain
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of or pertaining to the people or culture of Spain
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of or pertaining to the Spanish language
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Noun
Spanish (countable and uncountable, plural Spanish)
- (uncountable) A Romance language primarily spoken in Spain and in the Americas.
- 1873, Frederick Marryat, Mr. Midshipman Easy, page 163:
- "If he speaks Spanish, my daughter can converse with him ; she has but shortly arrived from Spain."
- 1928, Otto Jespersen, An International Language, page 48:
- Therefore in Novial, as well as in Esp-Ido, we simplify the spelling in all words containing double letters in the national languages, from which the words are taken: pasa (E pass, F passer), efekte, komun (F commun, E common), etc. In this we follow the beautiful example of Spanish, which writes pasar, efecto, común, etc., and even extend it to cases in which Spanish makes a distinction in sound and spelling, as with ll and rr: bel S bello, F belle, koresponda, S corresponder, etc.
- 1995, Hanna Pishwa & Karl Maroldt (editors), The Development of Morphological Systematicity, page 146:
- In contrast with the creole languages discussed above, the article systems of Rumanian, French, Spanish, and Portuguese are more complex, since neutralization fails to occur to a large extent.
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- (collective plural) People of Spain, collectively.
- 1976, Robert Rézette, The Spanish Enclaves in Morocco, page 62:
- The Spanish are not the only ones selling their goods along the wharves and the inner streets.
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- (US, informal, collective in the plural) People of Hispanic origin; one whose first language is Spanish.
- 1970, Henry Sioux Johnson, William J. Hernández-Martinez, Educating the Mexican American, page 87
- Sixty-four percent more Spanish are functionally illiterate compared to Anglos in Lubbock (only 15 percent more of nonwhites than Anglos).
- 1970, Henry Sioux Johnson, William J. Hernández-Martinez, Educating the Mexican American, page 87
- (uncountable) Spanish cuisine; traditional Spanish food.
Quotations
- For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:Spanish.
Derived terms
Translations
Romance language of Spain and the Americas
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people of Spain, collectively
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people of Hispanic origin
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.
See also
- Wiktionary's coverage of Spanish terms
- Appendix:Spanish Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Spanish
Further reading
- ISO 639-1 code es, ISO 639-3 code spa
- Ethnologue entry for Spanish, es
- Spanish to English
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