Spanish Definition

spănĭsh
adjective
Of Spain or its people, language, or culture.
Webster's New World
Of or relating to the Spanish language.
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noun
The Romance language spoken in Spain and Spanish America.
Webster's New World
The people of Spain.
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(US, collective in the plural) People of Hispanic origin.

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pronoun

A Romance language primarily spoken in Spain and in the Americas.

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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.
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Origin of Spanish

  • Alteration (influenced by Latin Hispānia Spain) of Middle English Spainish from Spaine Spain from Old French Espaigne Spaniard

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English Spainish, Spanish, from Spain + -ish.

    From Wiktionary

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