Spanish
- noun
- /ˈspænɪʃ/
- The Spanish have a rich cultural heritage that includes art, music, and cuisine.
He got arrested from a whole team of Italians, Spanish, Portuguese.
- He got arrested from a whole team of Italians, Spanish, Portuguese.
Examples
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It was discovered when the Spanish came to the Americas.
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People still think of themselves as French, German, Italian, Dutch and Spanish, not European.
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So we have no trouble understanding the Spanish in the novel.
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There were very few Latin American or Spanish speakers in China at the time.
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Oh, first you'll probably wonder why the Spanish Association.
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Even worse, in the eyes of some Spanish leaders, was the loss in prestige.
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The Indians, Italians and the Spanish, we love using our hands.
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He got arrested from a whole team of Italians, Spanish, Portuguese.
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Ibn Battuta saw their Greeks, Spanish, Jews and Indians.
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Many Spanish people enjoy celebrating their traditional festivals throughout the year.
Synonyms
People from Spain who have the same nationality and culture
Compounds
A civil war in Spain from 1936 to 1939 when General Franco overthrew the government
A 1898 war between the United States and Spain that gives U.S. territories like Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines
A court set up by the Spanish kings to find and punish people for not following Catholic beliefs
A large group of ships sent by Spain in 1588 to invade England that the English navy defeats
A small bright green beetle from southern Europe that makes a liquid causing blisters
A 1898 war between the United States and Spain that gave the US Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines
A person in the United States who speaks Spanish as their first language or whose family speaks Spanish
A large mild onion with sweet, juicy layers that you eat raw in salads and on sandwiches
A sea battle in 1588 when a small English fleet beats a large Spanish fleet sent to invade England
A tropical American tree with wood that smells nice and is often used to make cigar boxes
A tropical American tree with fragrant, lightweight wood used for cigar boxes
A tall thornless shrub from the Mediterranean with sweet-smelling yellow flowers and flexible stems used to make baskets
- US
A large tropical American tree with strong, durable wood and creamy white flowers
- UK
A plant from the western Mediterranean with purple flowers that grows from a bulb
A small tropical fish with yellow stripes that makes low sounds by grinding its throat teeth
A dense upright shrub with many white or pink flowers that grows naturally in western Spain and Portugal
A red powder from Spanish peppers used to add mild, sweet or smoky flavor to food
A plant from the Mediterranean whose seeds swell in water and ease constipation
- US
A small tree that loses its leaves with low branches and wide limbs in Texas and southern Oklahoma
A yellow-flowered plant that people grow for its sweet edible roots and leaves
- Informal
A joking way to describe something very annoying or upsetting to experience
A major European war from 1701 to 1714 fought over who should become king of Spain, involving many European countries
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Spanish comes from the old place name Hispania, the Roman name for the land we now call Spain. So Spanish originally meant 'from Hispania', meaning a person from Spain.