Spanish

adjective

1. 1

   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[…]

2. 2

   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.

3. 3

   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].

4. 4

   informalOf or pertaining to Hispanic people or their culture.

proper noun

1. 1

   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.

2. 2

   A town in Ontario, Canada.

noun

1. 1

   The people of Spain, collectively.

   The Spanish are not the only ones selling their goods along the wharves and the inner streets.

2. 2

   Spanish cuisine; traditional Spanish food.

3. 3

   informalPeople 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).

4. 4

   obsoleteMoney.

   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.

5. 5

   Licorice.

6. 6

   historicalA mixture of ash and cinders added to bricks before firing them, to cause ignition and reduce fuel usage.

Forms

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Spanishes