spanish
IPA: spˈænɪʃ
Root Word: Spanish
noun
- (uncountable) A Romance language primarily spoken in Spain and in the Americas.
- A town in Ontario, Canada
- (collective plural) People of Spain, collectively.
- (uncountable) Spanish cuisine; traditional Spanish food.
- (US, informal, nonstandard, collective in the plural) People of Hispanic origin; one whose first language is Spanish.
verb
- (printing) To subject to spanishing, a printing process in which an ink is deposited on the bottoms and sides of depressions formed in a plastic material
adjective
- Of or pertaining to Spain.
- Of or pertaining to the people or culture of Spain.
- Of or pertaining to the Spanish language.
- (US, Canada, informal, nonstandard) Of or pertaining to Hispanic people or their culture.
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Examples of "spanish" in Sentences
- Dracula 1931 in spanish is included in “Dracula-The Legacy Collection”
- #38 Colgate in spanish is not “go hang yourself” it means “go hang it yourself” sam Says:
- I think the first thing an immigrant to Mexico should learn in spanish is 'ni modo' and they should really learn the concept behind it, embrace it and practice using it.
- There were occasional questions to me in spanish from the other ladies but mainly they all were talking in zapotec, with a lot of laughing and obviously they were recounting very interesting news and gossip.
- I'm new to the forum, so sorry if this has been asked already, but I was under the impression that the letter a in spanish is ALWAYS pronounced like the a in the word call. no exceptions .... yet, on another site that I'm studying spanish on, all of the sound files pronounce the a sound like the a in apple.
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