Spanish

Definitions

1. A Romance language primarily spoken in Spain and in the Americas.
   uncountable
2. People of Spain, collectively.
   collective, countable, plural, uncountable
3. Of or pertaining to Spain
4. A town in Ontario, Canada.
   countable, uncountable
5. Spanish cuisine; traditional Spanish food.
   uncountable
6. Of or pertaining to the people or culture of Spain
7. People of Hispanic origin; one whose first language is Spanish.
   US, collective, countable, in-plural, informal, nonstandard, uncountable
8. Of or pertaining to the Spanish language
9. Money.
   UK, obsolete, slang, uncountable
10. Of or pertaining to Hispanic people or their culture
11. A Romance language primarily spoken in Spain and in the Americas

Equivalents

62 more languages

AfrikaansSpaansSpanjaarde

العربيةإسبانيإسبانية

Azərbaycan diliispan

Беларускаяіспанскі

Българскииспа́нски

বাংলাস্পেনীয় ভাষা

Bosanskiišpanšpanskašpanskiшпански+ 1 more

Catalàcastellàespanyol

Češtinašpanělskýšpanělština

CymraegSbaeneg

Danskspansk

Ελληνικάισπανικά

Esperantohispanahispanoj

Eestihispaania

Euskaraespainiargaztelaniagaztelera

فارسیاسپانیایی

SuomiEspanjaespanjalainenespanjalaisetespanjankielinen+ 1 more

GaeilgeSpáinneachSpáinnis

GàidhligSpàinneach

Galegocastelánespañoisespañol

ગુજરાતીસ્પેનિશ

ʻŌlelo HawaiʻiKepania

עבריתספרדיספרדית

हिन्दीस्पॅनिशस्पेनीस्पैनिशहिस्पानवी+ 1 more

Hrvatskiišpanšpanskašpanskiшпански+ 1 more

Magyarspanyol

Հայերենիսպանականիսպաներեն

Bahasa IndonesiaSpanyol

Íslenskakastilískaspánskaspánskurspænskaspænskur+ 2 more

Italianocastiglianospagnolo

日本語スパニッシュスペインのスペイン人スペイン語西+ 2 more

ქართულიესპანეთისესპანურიესპანური ენა

Қазақ тіліиспандықиспаниялық

ភាសាខ្មែរអេស្ប៉ាញ

한국어스페인어스페인의에스빠냐의에스파냐의+ 1 more

LatinahispanicahispanicumhispanicusRomancium+ 1 more

LëtzebuergeschSpuenesch

Lietuviųispanų

Latviešuspāniešuspāniešu valodaspānietisspānisksspaņuspāņu valoda+ 3 more

Македонскишпански

МонголИспани

Bahasa MelayuSepanyol

MaltiSpanjol

မြန်မာစပိန်

NederlandsSpaans

Polskihiszpańskihiszpańszczyzna

Portuguêscastelhanoespanhóisespanholhispânico+ 1 more

Românăspaniolspaniolăspanioli

Русскийиспанскийиспа́нский язы́киспанцы

Slovenčinašpanielčina

Slovenščinašpanščinašpanski

Српскиišpanšpanskašpanskiшпански+ 1 more

Svenskaspanjorernaspanskspanska

KiswahiliKihispania

ไทยสเปน

Türkmençeispança

TagalogEspanyolKastelyanoKastila

Türkçeİspanyolİspanyolca

Українськаіспанський

اردوہسپانی

O'zbekchaispanispancha

Tiếng ViệtTây Ban Nhatiếng Tây Ban Nhatiếng Y Pha NhoY Pha Nho+ 1 more

Examples

“"If he speaks Spanish, my daughter can converse with him ; she has but shortly arrived from Spain."”

““You should read⟳ Spanish,” he said. “It is a noble tongue. It has not the mellifluousness of Italian, Italian is the language of tenors and organ-grinders, but it has grandeur: it does not ripple like⟳ a brook in a garden, but it surges tumultuous like⟳ a mighty river in flood⟳.””

“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.”

“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.”

“I call⟳ them otroverts—from otro, the Spanish word for “other,” and vertere, Latin for “to turn⟳.” Otroverts are people who turn⟳ in a different direction: not inward like⟳ introverts, not outward like⟳ extroverts, but elsewhere. They turn⟳ toward something else entirely—independence, clarity, and observation.”

“The Spanish are not the only ones selling their goods along the wharves and the inner streets.”

“Sixty-four percent more Spanish are functionally illiterate compared to Anglos in Lubbock (only 15 percent more of nonwhites than Anglos).”

“Jack Ar. […] I must come⟳ back to father — and what then? — he won't give⟳ me the Spanish. Project. The Spanish! — now what the devil's that? Jack Ar. Why, ready money, not credit or paper.”

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