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Spanish

Spanish

1.0
A language spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
  • noun
  • /ˈspænɪʃ/
translation icon : 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
2 1.0

A language spoken in Spain and many countries in Latin America

is the same language but given without noting its Latin origin
Castilian
vsSpanish
7.6

The standard form of Spanish spoken in Castile in Spain

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

Spanish spoken in Mexico with its own words and sounds

is the general language rather than a single national variety

Compounds

Able to speak or write Spanish

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 language spoken in Spain and many countries in Latin America

People from Spain who have the same nationality and culture

2 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 9.7

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

Spanish peseta
  • Archaic
1 6.6

Money that people used in Spain before the euro

1 4.9

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

1 3.0

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

1 2.3

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

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

Spanish spoken in Mexico with its own words and sounds

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

7.2

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 large tree that has sweet edible nuts and gives shade

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

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

8.5

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

9.9

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

7.6

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

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

7.9

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

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

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 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

A hunting dog from Spain that points at birds

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

Meat from a large sea fish eaten as food

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

7.8

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

A former Spanish colony in northwest Africa now called Western Sahara

A small tree from Madagascar that makes apple-shaped fruit

9.9

A tropical American plant with a strong, unpleasant smell

Spanish torture
  • Informal
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

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'.