Meaning

6 senses
  1. (collective, countable, in the plural, uncountable)The people of Spain, collectively; Spaniards.

    Spanier

    испа́нцыispáncy

    the people of Spain

  2. (uncountable)Spanish cuisine; traditional Spanish food.

  3. (US, collective, countable, in the plural, informal, nonstandard, uncountable)People of Hispanic origin; one whose first language is Spanish.

  4. (Northern England, colloquial, uncountable)Licorice.

  5. (historical, uncountable)A mixture of ash and cinders added to bricks before firing them, to cause ignition and reduce fuel usage.

  6. (UK, obsolete, slang, uncountable)Money.

Examples

929 sentences
  1. Spanish is her native language.

    Іспанська — її рідна мова. — deniko

    ruИспанский — её родной язык. — Hellerick

    deSpanisch ist ihre Muttersprache. — lilygilder

  2. Spanish is easy.

    Іспанська проста. — deniko

    ruИспанский лёгкий. — saiko

    deSpanisch ist leicht. — Esperantostern

  3. Spanish is spoken in many countries.

    ruНа испанском языке говорят во многих странах. — odexed

    deSpanisch wird in vielen Ländern gesprochen. — mayabe

  4. It's the first time I've ever written a letter in Spanish.

    Це вперше, коли я пишу листа іспанською. — JeNNeR

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  5. They speak Spanish in Mexico.

    У Мексиці говорять іспанською. — aandrusiak

    ruВ Мексике говорят по-испански. — saiko

    deIn Mexiko spricht man Spanisch. — Sudajaengi

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
people of Spain, collectively:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
people of Spain, collectively:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English Spanisch, either an alteration of Spaynisch after foreign wo

Inherited from Middle English Spanisch, either an alteration of Spaynisch after foreign words for "Spain" or "Spanish" such as Old Spanish Espanna, Old Spanish espannol or a partial calque of them; equivalent to Spain + -ish.

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Forms

plural: Spanish / Spanishes
SingularSpanish
PluralSpanish / Spanishes

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
people of Spain:Spaniard
people of Hispanic origin:Hispanic
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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