Spanish

//ˈspænɪʃ//

"Spanish" in a Sentence (26 examples)

Some knowledge of foreign languages, of Spanish in particular, is essential.

I cannot speak English, much less Spanish.

They speak Spanish in Mexico.

Is Spanish spoken in Mexico?

Spanish is spoken in Mexico.

I had a difficult time in Mexico because I couldn't understand all of the Spanish.

Bob is the only student that can speak Spanish in our class.

Such languages as French, Italian and Spanish come from Latin.

Tom speaks Spanish, and Betty speaks Spanish, too.

What do you learn Spanish for?

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Spanish borders

Whether Martial's heart was in the Spanish highlands or whether he was happy enough in Rome will be discussed later[…]

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.

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].

"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.”

Therefore in Novial, as well as in Esp-Ido, we simplify the spelling in all words containing double letters in the national languages, from which the words are taken: pasa (E pass, F passer), efekte, komun (F commun, E common), etc. In this we follow the beautiful example of Spanish, which writes pasar, efecto, común, etc., and even extend it to cases in which Spanish makes a distinction in sound and spelling, as with ll and rr: bel S bello, F belle, koresponda, S corresponder, etc.

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.

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

Sixty-four percent more Spanish are functionally illiterate compared to Anglos in Lubbock (only 15 percent more of nonwhites than Anglos).

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.

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

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