Definitions for Spanish
ˈspæn ɪʃspan·ish

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Spanishnoun

   the Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the countries colonized by Spain

2. Spanish, Spanish peopleadjective

   the people of Spain

3. Spanishadjective

   of or relating to or characteristic of Spain or the people of Spain

   "Spanish music"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Spanishnoun

   People of Spain, collectively.

2. Spanishnoun

   People of Hispanic origin.

3. Spanishadjective

   Of or pertaining to Spain.

4. Spanishadjective

   Of or pertaining to the people or culture of Spain.

5. Spanishadjective

   Of or pertaining to the Spanish language.

6. Spanishnoun

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

7. spanishverb

   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

8. Etymology: From Spainish, Spanish, from Spain + -ish.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. spanish

   Spanish refers to anything related to Spain, particularly its language and culture. It is a Romance language with approximately 460 million people speaking it as their first language, making it the second most spoken language in terms of native speakers. Spanish is the official language in Spain and most countries in Central and South America. Spanish also signifies the people of Spain or Spanish-speaking countries.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Spanishadjective

   of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards

2. Spanishnoun

   the language of Spain

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Spanish

   span′ish, adj. of or pertaining to Spain.—n. the language of Spain.—n. Span′iard, a native or citizen of Spain.—Spanish bayonet, any one of several species of yucca with straight sword-shaped leaves; Spanish broom, a hardy deciduous Mediterranean shrub with showy yellow fragrant flowers; Spanish chalk, a variety of talc; Spanish cress, a species of peppergrass; Spanish fly, a blister-beetle, a cantharid possessing a strong blistering principle, cantharidine: a preparation of cantharides used as a vesicant; Spanish fowl, a breed of the domestic hen—also White-faced black Spanish; Spanish grass, esparto; Spanish juice, extract of liquorice-root; Spanish Main, a name given to the north coast of South America from the Orinoco to Darien, and to the shores of the former Central American provinces of Spain contiguous to the Caribbean Sea—the name is often popularly applied to the Caribbean Sea itself: Spanish sheep, a merino; Spanish soap, Castile soap.—Walk Spanish, to be compelled to walk on tiptoe through being lifted up by the collar and the seat of the trousers—hence to proceed or act under compulsion.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SPANISH

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Spanish is ranked #150452 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Spanish surname appeared 109 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Spanish.
   
   60.5% or 66 total occurrences were White.
   23.8% or 26 total occurrences were Black.
   11% or 12 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Romance

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Spanish' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2934

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Spanish' in Adjectives Frequency: #401

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce Spanish?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Spanish in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Spanish in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Spanish in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Spanish in a Sentence

1. Bruce Bagley:

   He spread money around in industrial quantities, as they say in Mexican Spanish, he was willing to pay million-dollar bribes or even more -- going from the municipality to the state up to the federal government. He was an equal opportunity corrupter.

2. Kendall Brown:

   Clearly, colonial Spanish American mining was industrial in scale, and the belief that a dramatic man-made impact on the environment only began in the 18th century is a Euro-centric construct.

3. Pedro Sanchez:

   The Socialists believe that the PP is a very important party in Spanish politics, but it's a party that needs to regenerate and clean itself up, and this will only happen if it is not in government.

4. France Dammel:

   Belgian experts are looking into the elements obtained during this inspection visit, together with Dutch, Italian and Spanish experts.

5. Gwen Ragsdale:

   African-Americans were on the front lines of every way, from the Spanish-American War, throughout the Revolutionary war, the Civil War, both World Wars, Vietnam, we have paid our dues with our blood and our toil, so America owes African Americans much more than they are willing to acknowledge.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Spanish
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Spanish
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Spanish
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Spanish
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Spanish