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Spanish
/ ˈspænɪʃ /
noun
- the official language of Spain, Mexico, and most countries of South and Central America except Brazil: also spoken in Africa, the Far East, and elsewhere. It is the native language of approximately 200 million people throughout the world. Spanish is an Indo-European language belonging to the Romance group
- the Spanishfunctioning as plural Spaniards collectively
adjective
- of or relating to the Spanish language or its speakers
- of or relating to Spain or Spaniards
Other Words From
- anti-Spanish adjective
- half-Spanish adjective
- non-Spanish adjective noun
- pre-Spanish adjective
- pro-Spanish adjective
- pseudo-Spanish adjective
- quasi-Spanish adjective
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
According to some rumors, Goya was once on staff before his fame as a Spanish painter.
This concern ceased after the Spanish warned of severe punitive measures on the family members of suicides.
Hatuey replied that he would rather burn and be sent to hell than ever again encounter people as cruel as the Spanish.
“They also were responsible for the Barcelona subway plot,” a plan disrupted by Spanish law enforcement in 2008.
Any conversation about Spanish-speaking politicians leads back to Bush.
The seed of discontent was again germinating under the duplicity of the Spanish lay and clerical authorities.
Like every other Spanish general in supreme command abroad, Polavieja had his enemies in Spain.
He has secured the release of certain Spanish prisoners, and is building two ships.
The cathedral is the only Spanish parochial church; it cares for two thousand four hundred souls.
The total fresh troops amounted to about 500 men of the 73rd Native Regiment and Spanish cazadores.
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