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Spanish

//ˈspænɪʃ// adj, name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to Spain. not-comparable

    "Spanish borders"

  2. 2
    Of or pertaining to the people or culture of Spain. not-comparable

    "Spanish cuisines"

  3. 3
    Of or pertaining to the Spanish language. not-comparable

    "Spanish verbs"

  4. 4
    Of or pertaining to Hispanic people or their culture. Canada, US, informal, nonstandard, not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or characteristic of Spain or the people of Spain wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A Romance language primarily spoken in Spain and in the Americas. uncountable

    ""If he speaks Spanish, my daughter can converse with him ; she has but shortly arrived from Spain.""

  2. 2
    A town in Ontario, Canada. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    People of Spain, collectively. collective, countable, plural, uncountable

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

  2. 2
    the Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the countries colonized by Spain wordnet
  3. 3
    Spanish cuisine; traditional Spanish food. uncountable
  4. 4
    the people of Spain wordnet
  5. 5
    People of Hispanic origin; one whose first language is Spanish. US, collective, countable, in-plural, informal, nonstandard, uncountable

    "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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  1. 6
    Money. UK, obsolete, slang, uncountable

    "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."

Verb
  1. 1
    To subject to spanishing, a printing process in which an ink is deposited on the bottoms and sides of depressions formed in a plastic material

    "Such papers have been print-embossed or spanished to obtain special effects."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English Spainish, Spanish, equivalent to Spain + -ish.

Etymology 2

From Middle English Spainish, Spanish, equivalent to Spain + -ish.

Etymology 3

From Middle English Spainish, Spanish, equivalent to Spain + -ish.

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