Spanish


Definition: Meaning of, Spanish in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈspanɪʃ /

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  1. relating to Spain, its people, or its language
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  1. [uncountable] the language used in Spain and parts of Latin America
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  2. the Spanish [plural] people from Spain
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Spanish used in phrases

  • Battle of the Spanish Armada (noun)
    1. in the English Channel a small fleet of British ships successfully defeated the large armada sent from Spain by Philip II to invade England
  • Judeo-Spanish (noun)
    1. the Spanish dialect spoken by Sephardic Jews but written in the Hebrew script
  • Mexican Spanish (noun)
    1. the dialect of Spanish spoken in Mexico
  • Spanish American (noun)
    1. an American whose first language is Spanish
  • Spanish Armada (noun)
    1. the great fleet sent from Spain against England by Philip II in 1588
  • Spanish Civil War (noun)
    1. civil war in Spain in which Franco succeeded in overthrowing the republican government; during the war Spain became a battleground for fascists and socialists from all countries; 1936-1939
  • Spanish Civil War, the
    1. a war fought in Spain, from 1936 to 1939, between the RIGHT-WING nationalists, led by General FRANCO, and the LEFT-WING Republicans. Many people from other countries joined the International Brigade to help the Republicans, including well-known writers and poets such as George ORWELL, and the US writer Ernest HEMINGWAY wrote about the war as a news reporter. The Nationalists won the war, and from 1939 to 1975 Spain was ruled by FRANCO .
  • Spanish Guinea (noun)
    1. including islands in the Gulf of Guinea a country of west central Africa ; became independent from Spain in 1968
  • Spanish Inquisition (noun)
    1. especially from the 15th to the 17th centuries an inquisition initiated in 1478 by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella that guarded the orthodoxy of Catholicism in Spain
  • Spanish Main
    1. the Spanish Main the area around the coast of northern South America, from which Spanish ships carried gold and TREASURE back to Spain during the 16th and 17th centuries. Many of these ships were attacked by PIRATE s, and there are many stories and films about the exciting adventures of the people who sailed the Spanish Main.
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