Spanish
See also: spanish
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English Spainish, Spanish, equivalent to Spain + -ish.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
Spanish (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to Spain.
- 2005, J. P. Sullivan, Martial, the unexpected classic, page 1:
- Whether Martial's heart was in the Spanish highlands or whether he was happy enough in Rome will be discussed later […]
- Of or pertaining to the people or culture of Spain.
- 1996, Oscar Zeta Acosta, "From Whence I Came", Oscar "Zeta" Acosta: the uncollected works, page 42
- Though she was Indian like the rest of us, she had a fine Spanish nose.
- 2007, Lynette Rohrer Shirk, chapter 1, in The Everything Tapas and Small Plates Cookbook:
- Spanish cuisine is not as spicy hot as Mexican, but it is flavorful and bright.
- 1996, Oscar Zeta Acosta, "From Whence I Came", Oscar "Zeta" Acosta: the uncollected works, page 42
- (US, Canada, informal) Of or pertaining to the people or culture of Hispanic people.
- Of or pertaining to the Spanish language.
- 1918, Julián Moreno-Lacalle, Elements of Spanish Pronunciation, page 12:
- Fundamentally, the Spanish vowel sounds are only five, even though as a matter of fact there may be different other sounds for such vowels as [a], [e] and [o].
QuotationsEdit
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Spanish.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
of or pertaining to Spain
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of or pertaining to the people or culture of Spain
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of or pertaining to the Spanish language
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Proper nounEdit
Spanish (countable and uncountable, plural Spanishes)
- (uncountable) A Romance language primarily spoken in Spain and in the Americas.
- Synonym: Castilian
- 1873, Frederick Marryat, Mr. Midshipman Easy, page 163:
- "If he speaks Spanish, my daughter can converse with him ; she has but shortly arrived from Spain."
- 1915, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter LXXXVI, in Of Human Bondage, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, →OCLC:
- “You should read Spanish,” he said. “It is a noble tongue. It has not the mellifluousness of Italian, Italian is the language of tenors and organ-grinders, but it has grandeur: it does not ripple like a brook in a garden, but it surges tumultuous like a mighty river in flood.”
- 1928, Otto Jespersen, An International Language, page 48:
- Therefore in Novial, as well as in Esp-Ido, we simplify the spelling in all words containing double letters in the national languages, from which the words are taken: pasa (E pass, F passer), efekte, komun (F commun, E common), etc. In this we follow the beautiful example of Spanish, which writes pasar, efecto, común, etc., and even extend it to cases in which Spanish makes a distinction in sound and spelling, as with ll and rr: bel S bello, F belle, koresponda, S corresponder, etc.
- 1995, Hanna Pishwa; Karl Maroldt, editors, The Development of Morphological Systematicity, page 146:
- In contrast with the creole languages discussed above, the article systems of Rumanian, French, Spanish, and Portuguese are more complex, since neutralization fails to occur to a large extent.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Spanish.
- A town in Ontario, Canada
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
Romance language of Spain and the Americas
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See alsoEdit
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Spanish terms
- Appendix:Spanish Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Spanish
NounEdit
Spanish (countable and uncountable, plural Spanish or Spanishes)
- (collective plural) People of Spain, collectively.
- 1976, Robert Rézette, The Spanish Enclaves in Morocco, page 62:
- The Spanish are not the only ones selling their goods along the wharves and the inner streets.
- (US, informal, collective in the plural) People of Hispanic origin; one whose first language is Spanish.
- 1970, Henry Sioux Johnson, William J. Hernández-Martinez, Educating the Mexican American, page 87
- Sixty-four percent more Spanish are functionally illiterate compared to Anglos in Lubbock (only 15 percent more of nonwhites than Anglos).
- 1970, Henry Sioux Johnson, William J. Hernández-Martinez, Educating the Mexican American, page 87
- (uncountable) Spanish cuisine; traditional Spanish food.
SynonymsEdit
TranslationsEdit
people of Spain, collectively
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people of Hispanic origin
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Translations to be checked
Further readingEdit
- ISO 639-1 code es, ISO 639-3 code spa (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Spanish, spa
