Meaning

4 senses

  1. Of or relating to Spain.

  2. Of or pertaining to the Iberian peninsula, its people, its culture or its languages.

    related to a Spanish-speaking people or culture

  3. (colloquial)Of or relating to a Spanish-speaking people or culture, especially as in Latin America.

    Houses in New Mexico, California and Florida exhibit a strong Hispanic architectural influence.

    spanisch, lateinamerikanisch, hispanoamerikanisch

  4. (colloquial)Mestizo.

Examples

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  1. Tom lives in a Hispanic neighborhood.

    deTom wohnt in einem spanischen Umfeld.

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  2. Sami is Hispanic but he's black.

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  3. Sami is Hispanic but he's a black guy.

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  4. Sami noticed that Layla was bullying Hispanic girls.

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  5. "I thought you were Hispanic..." "No, I'm Egyptian!"

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Translations

5 languages
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By meaning 1
Of or relating to Spanish-speaking people or culture:

Origin

From Latin hispānicus, from Hispānia (“Iberia”) + -icus.

From Latin hispānicus, from Hispānia (“Iberia”) + -icus.

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Forms

more Hispanic, most Hispanic
Comparativemore Hispanic Lesson
Superlativemost Hispanic Lesson

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
of Iberia:IberianHispanian
of Spanish-speaking people:LatinLatino
of Spain
Close in meaning
  • related to a Spanish-speaking people or culture:Latino

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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