Hispanic
A native or descendant of a Spanish-speaking countryA native or descendant of a Spanish-speaking country.
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» Tom lives in a Hispanic neighborhood.
Tom wohnt in einem spanischen Umfeld. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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26 sentencesTom lives in a Hispanic neighborhood.
deTom wohnt in einem spanischen Umfeld. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Sami is Hispanic but he's black.
Sami is Hispanic but he's a black guy.
Meaning
3 sensesA native or descendant of a Spanish-speaking country.
A person of Spanish ancestry.
(colloquial)A mestizo.
- an American whose first language is Spanish
Origin
From Latin hispānicus, from Hispānia (“Iberia”) + -icus.From Latin hispānicus, from Hispānia (“Iberia”) + -icus.
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Forms
plural: HispanicsSynonyms
2 synonyms- an American whose first language is Spanish:Spanish AmericanHispanic American
Word family
1 related wordsSee also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.