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Spanish

Spanish

359 1.0
A language spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
  • noun
  • /ˈspænɪʃ/
: español
  • It's in English and Spanish, and it is free.

I don't really speak much Spanish, but I can wing it.

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Examples

  • He doesn't speak Spanish, so who knows?

  • I teach all over the world in English, Spanish, French.

  • No, all those Spanish classes in college paid off.

  • Point is, we had our own debate in Spanish in prime time.

  • See, you told me that you want to learn Spanish fluently, see?

  • Let's, let's let's explain that the word povo in Spanish means powder.

  • Many people around the world are learning Spanish as a second language.

  • I enjoyed watching movies in Spanish to improve my language skills.

  • She offered to help me practice Spanish for my upcoming trip to Mexico.

Synonyms

Spanish language
vsSpanish
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A language spoken in Spain and many countries in Latin America

is the same language but given without noting its Latin origin
Castilian
vsSpanish
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The standard form of Spanish spoken in Castile in Spain

is the general language used across many countries rather than a regional standard
Mexican Spanish
vsSpanish
1 6.0

Spanish spoken in Mexico with its own words and sounds

is the general language rather than a single national variety
Castilian language
vsSpanish
1 8.1

A type of Spanish spoken in the Castile region and often used as the standard

is the broader language term not limited to one regional variety

Compounds

Able to speak or write Spanish

A language spoken in Spain and many countries in Latin America

A court set up by the Spanish kings to find and punish people for not following Catholic beliefs

A civil war in Spain from 1936 to 1939 when General Franco overthrew the government

8 4.9

A 1898 war between the United States and Spain that gave the US Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines

A 1898 war between the United States and Spain that gives U.S. territories like Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines

People from Spain who have the same nationality and culture

4 9.7

A small bright green beetle from southern Europe that makes a liquid causing blisters

3 6.7

A plant with long grey-green strands like hair that hang from tree branches

A large group of ships sent by Spain in 1588 to invade England that the English navy defeats

1 3.0

A person in the United States who speaks Spanish as their first language or whose family speaks Spanish

1 2.3

A spicy rice dish cooked with tomatoes, onions, and peppers served as a side

Spanish peseta
  • Archaic
1 6.6

Money that people used in Spain before the euro

Spanish spoken in Mexico with its own words and sounds

A large mild onion with sweet, juicy layers that you eat raw in salads and on sandwiches

1 4.1

A large sea fish people eat found in warm coastal waters

A red powder from Spanish peppers used to add mild, sweet or smoky flavor to food

1 4.0

Meat from a large sea fish eaten as food

Spanish torture
  • Informal
1 9.9

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

1 7.8

A small tree that loses its leaves with low branches and wide limbs in Texas and southern Oklahoma

A former Spanish colony in northwest Africa now called Western Sahara

A form of Spanish spoken by Jews from Spain, often written in Hebrew letters

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A plant with long pointed leaves like swords and clusters of white flowers

1 8.5

A tall thornless shrub from the Mediterranean with sweet-smelling yellow flowers and flexible stems used to make baskets

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A European variety of leek with a mild taste used in cooking

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A tropical American tree with wood that smells nice and is often used to make cigar boxes

1 7.6

A plant from the western Mediterranean with purple flowers that grows from a bulb

1 7.9

A small green fruit with thin skin and sweet juicy pulp you eat like a grape

1 8.6

A desert plant with stiff, sharp leaves and white flower clusters

1 9.2

A plant with hooked seeds that stick to clothes or animal fur

A sea battle in 1588 when a small English fleet beats a large Spanish fleet sent to invade England

A tropical American tree with fragrant, lightweight wood used for cigar boxes

A large tree that has sweet edible nuts and gives shade

9.9

A large tropical American tree with strong, durable wood and creamy white flowers

A tropical tree that produces small green fruits with sweet, juicy flesh

9.3

A shrub with many bright yellow flowers that grows in warm places

9.9

A small tropical fish with yellow stripes that makes low sounds by grinding its throat teeth

An old name for Equatorial Guinea used when Spain ruled it

8.4

A dense upright shrub with many white or pink flowers that grows naturally in western Spain and Portugal

8.9

A tropical tree that has small green fruits with sweet juicy pulp

A hunting dog from Spain that points at birds

A plant from the Mediterranean whose seeds swell in water and ease constipation

A yellow-flowered plant that people grow for its sweet edible roots and leaves

A small tree from Madagascar that makes apple-shaped fruit

9.9

A tropical American plant with a strong, unpleasant smell

A low European bush with leaves in groups of three and pale yellow flowers

Surface Forms

Spanish singular
Spanish plural

Morphology

Spanish = Spain (transparent) = Spain + ish

The language name is transparently built from the country name 'Spain' plus the adjective-forming suffix '-ish', yielding the sense 'of Spain' and by extension the language of Spain.

Etymology

Spanish for the language also comes from the old name Hispania, because it was the speech of the people of that land. So to call the language Spanish is to say it is the language 'of Spain'.