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
- He speaks Spanish and Chinese.
- ETA revile the Spanish Constitution.
- It is the coupling used by the Spanish firefighters.
- Spanish, French, and Patois were the languages spoken.
- It is built in the style of the Spanish conquistadores.
- The French government was more fastidious than Spanish and Neapolitan.
- The Frenchman guided the Spanish to the French fort in late April 1689.
- The French and Spanish models were rejected as tending toward despotism.
- It was sung in French patois by Creoles of African, French and Spanish descent.
- The Italian and Spanish prelates were vastly preponderant in power and numbers.
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