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

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. Ilan Solot:

   This is brinkmanship. In the end, everybody will probably be sensible but there's a risk of a policy mistake. Part of the problem is both sides feel emboldened, greece is in a better economic situation than it was before ... and the government has a strong mandate from the people to change. But the EU is emboldened too because there are a lot more backstops than before, the ESM is in place, and you can see the contagion is so much smaller. Spanish and Italian yields hardly moved in this crisis.

2. Marcelo Florencio:

   I, personally, don't feel this Spanish teacher -- or anyone who approves of this kind of curriculum content -- has any place in WCSD or elsewhere.

3. Nicolas Veron:

   The main problems in Spanish lenders were their high exposure to the real estate business, whereas Italian banks are more exposed in lending to businesses and households. And that makes it more difficult to address the problems.

4. Duane Chapman:

   A White boy, that doesn’t know Spanish, the cartel’s gonna grab him for the reward, so he’s not down there.

5. Sarah Palin:

   It's a benefit of Jeb Bush to be able to be so fluent in Spanish, because we have a large and wonderful Hispanic population that is helping to build America.

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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