Spanish
AdjektivEigennameSubstantivhäufig in Dialogen
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˈspænɪʃ//
Of or pertaining to Spain.
Adjektiv
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Of or pertaining to Spain.
Spanish borders
Whether Martial's heart was in the Spanish highlands or whether he was happy enough in Rome will be discussed later[…]
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Of or pertaining to the people or culture of Spain.
Spanish cuisines
Though she was Indian like the rest of us, she had a fine Spanish nose.
Spanish cuisine is not as spicy hot as Mexican, but it is flavorful and bright.
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Of or pertaining to the Spanish language.
Spanish verbs
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].
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umgangssprachlichOf or pertaining to Hispanic people or their culture.
Herkunft
From Middle English Spainish, Spanish, equivalent to Spain + -ish.
Eigenname
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A Romance language primarily spoken in Spain and in the Americas.
"If he speaks Spanish, my daughter can converse with him ; she has but shortly arrived from Spain."
“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.”
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.
I call them otroverts—from otro, the Spanish word for “other,” and vertere, Latin for “to turn.” Otroverts are people who turn in a different direction: not inward like introverts, not outward like extroverts, but elsewhere. They turn toward something else entirely—independence, clarity, and observation.
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A town in Ontario, Canada.
Substantiv
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The people of Spain, collectively.
The Spanish are not the only ones selling their goods along the wharves and the inner streets.
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Spanish cuisine; traditional Spanish food.
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umgangssprachlichPeople of Hispanic origin; one whose first language is Spanish.
Sixty-four percent more Spanish are functionally illiterate compared to Anglos in Lubbock (only 15 percent more of nonwhites than Anglos).
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veraltetMoney.
Jack Ar. […] I must come back to father — and what then? — he won't give me the Spanish. Project. The Spanish! — now what the devil's that? Jack Ar. Why, ready money, not credit or paper.
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Licorice.
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historischA mixture of ash and cinders added to bricks before firing them, to cause ignition and reduce fuel usage.
Formen
- Plural
- Spanishes