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单词 Spanish
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Definition of Spanish in English:

Spanish

adjective ˈspanɪʃˈspænɪʃ
  • Relating to Spain, its people, or its language.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The virus spreads itself via email using a variety of Spanish language phrases and filenames.
    • You will find most of the students in Spanish language classes at our High
    • The Spanish heartthrob, who plays masked hero Zorro, admits his wife is a better horse rider than him.
    • When you come to Spain we'll play Spanish music, we'll sing and we'll even dance.
    • Since we are in Spain, I limit my viewing to the Spanish painters: Goya and Velázquez.
    • He was the greatest knight in the world and a deluded Spanish gentleman to precisely the same degree.
    • She developed a sudden interest in the color pink and the Spanish language, you see.
    • They know they will be able to find jobs where they can use their Spanish language and communicate with bosses.
    • The basic problem for Spanish films isn't financial, but in promotion and distribution.
    • To play Zahara, he had to adopt not only a Spanish accent but Spanish body language, going so far as to take flamenco lessons.
    • Here at Victoria the Spanish programme is the fastest growing of all the language schools.
    • How on earth do you argue with a Spanish trader when you can't speak the language?
    • The poem is among the most famous in the Spanish language.
    • The wake, which has a medieval Spanish origin, is losing popularity.
    • Set in North Eastern Province of Argentina, this is a Spanish language film with a heroine who barely speaks the language.
    • Throughout the 18th century diplomats continued to take advantage of their residence in Spain to buy Spanish art.
    • The biggest success in Spain was not an American film, but a Spanish film.
    • He loved the Spanish language more than any other and had long planned to translate Gongora.
    • Later, he featured in a series of Spanish ads for Renault.
    • This pastry of Spanish origin is stuffed with meat, cheese, or seafood, as well as onion, raisins, and olives.
noun ˈspanɪʃˈspænɪʃ
  • 1as plural noun the SpanishThe people of Spain.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Dance of the Conquest recalls the victory of the Spanish over the Amerindians.
    • Her image was used in the struggle for independence against the Spanish.
    • Park space is limited to larger towns and cities that were founded by the Spanish.
    • All translations from the Spanish in the essay are mine unless otherwise noted.
    • The English did attack but they were bravely fought off by the Spanish.
    • The Spanish introduced cattle, which became a source of wealth in the region.
    • The music of these poems remains in the Spanish; it cannot be conveyed in English.
    • In Los Montezumas, the confrontation of the Spanish and Aztecs in Mexico is acted out.
  • 2mass noun A Romance language spoken in Spain and in much of Central and South America (except Brazil) and several other countries. It is the second most widely spoken first language in the world, with more than 400 millon speakers.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He yelled at me in an archaic dialect of Spanish, and I understood every word.
    • From the autumn, it will be broadcast in English and Spanish to 35 million households.
    • Catalan has obvious connections with forms of French as well as Spanish.
    • The Creoles are English-speaking, although many speak Spanish as a second language.
    • In those parts of Spain in which Spanish is the only language, dialectical patterns can remain significant.
    • You might ask me how I cope in Spain without having Spanish as my first language - and this is meaningful.
    • Now the newsletter is hosted on a dozen of sites and is translated into Spanish, German, French, Dutch and Italian.
    • All geeks rue their choice on arriving at university and wish that they had chosen to study English, French or Spanish.
    • She didn't speak French any more than I spoke Spanish, but she liked to pretend.
    • Barnes was proficient in Spanish, French, and German and read three other languages.
    • As with languages like Spanish and French, there are masculine and feminine words.
    • The main language I speak, at home is Spanish, as does everyone else in Chile.
    • He was a dominant player, and a dominant boxer, and he spoke French and Spanish in addition to English.
    • There are subtitles present in Spanish, French, and English for the hearing impaired.

Derivatives

  • Spanishness

  • noun
    • The persistence in the popular imagination of the notion of Carmen as the ultimate essence of Spanishness is troubling.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The idea of Spanishness has come to evoke Mexico, Puerto Rico, Jennifer Lopez, and support for the common man.

Origin

Middle English: from Spain + -ish1, with later shortening of the first vowel.

  • Paella on the patio

    Spain is a popular choice for Brits holidaying or moving abroad. This is hardly surprising when you see how many Spanish words in English are connected with relaxation and enjoyment.

    SPANISH paella and tapas are perfect for outdoor dining on a patio, originally the name for an inner courtyard in a Spanish house. The dish of rice with chicken and shellfish, cooked in a large shallow pan, goes back to Latin patella ‘a small shallow dish’—so the plate of food balanced on your knee has a close connection with patella as the anatomical name for the kneecap. Tapas, small savoury dishes served with drinks at a bar, used to come free, and were traditionally served on a dish balanced atop a glass. This was the origin of the name, since the word literally means ‘cover’ or ‘lid’.

    Sangria, a mixture of red wine, carbonated water, and a sweetener, would be just the drink for a patio meal. Its colour is the source of the name, which in Spanish means ‘bleeding’. Although sherry has a typically British feel to it, the name comes from vino de Xerez or ‘wine of Xerez’—the original name of Jerez in southern Spain, from which the drink came. After all this eating and drinking, a siesta or nap might be welcome. This Spanish word for a rest taken at the hottest time of the day goes back to Latin sexta hora ‘sixth hour of the day’.

    Certainly not relaxing, but traditionally Spanish, is a bullfight. A mounted bullfighter is called a toreador, from toro ‘bull’, and the bullfighter whose task is to kill the bull is the matador, a word which means literally ‘killer’. It goes back ultimately to Persian māt ‘dead’, the origin of the -mate part of checkmate (see check). An English proverb warns us not to put off till tomorrow what we can do today, but the relaxed Spanish have given us mañana, ‘tomorrow’, to express a more easy-going attitude to pressing schedules. You could respond to any protests about slackness with que sera sera, which indicates that you have no control over the future. The Spanish phrase, meaning ‘what will be, will be’, was popularized in English by the 1956 song ‘Que Sera, Sera’, sung by Doris Day.

    See also amateur, castle, flamingo, sombre

Rhymes

banish, clannish, mannish, tannish, vanish
 
 

Definition of Spanish in US English:

Spanish

adjectiveˈspaniSHˈspænɪʃ
  • Relating to Spain, its people, or its language.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Here at Victoria the Spanish programme is the fastest growing of all the language schools.
    • Later, he featured in a series of Spanish ads for Renault.
    • Throughout the 18th century diplomats continued to take advantage of their residence in Spain to buy Spanish art.
    • Since we are in Spain, I limit my viewing to the Spanish painters: Goya and Velázquez.
    • He loved the Spanish language more than any other and had long planned to translate Gongora.
    • She developed a sudden interest in the color pink and the Spanish language, you see.
    • This pastry of Spanish origin is stuffed with meat, cheese, or seafood, as well as onion, raisins, and olives.
    • They know they will be able to find jobs where they can use their Spanish language and communicate with bosses.
    • He was the greatest knight in the world and a deluded Spanish gentleman to precisely the same degree.
    • To play Zahara, he had to adopt not only a Spanish accent but Spanish body language, going so far as to take flamenco lessons.
    • How on earth do you argue with a Spanish trader when you can't speak the language?
    • The wake, which has a medieval Spanish origin, is losing popularity.
    • You will find most of the students in Spanish language classes at our High
    • The basic problem for Spanish films isn't financial, but in promotion and distribution.
    • The Spanish heartthrob, who plays masked hero Zorro, admits his wife is a better horse rider than him.
    • The poem is among the most famous in the Spanish language.
    • When you come to Spain we'll play Spanish music, we'll sing and we'll even dance.
    • The biggest success in Spain was not an American film, but a Spanish film.
    • The virus spreads itself via email using a variety of Spanish language phrases and filenames.
    • Set in North Eastern Province of Argentina, this is a Spanish language film with a heroine who barely speaks the language.
nounˈspaniSHˈspænɪʃ
  • 1as plural noun the SpanishThe people of Spain.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Spanish introduced cattle, which became a source of wealth in the region.
    • All translations from the Spanish in the essay are mine unless otherwise noted.
    • In Los Montezumas, the confrontation of the Spanish and Aztecs in Mexico is acted out.
    • The music of these poems remains in the Spanish; it cannot be conveyed in English.
    • The Dance of the Conquest recalls the victory of the Spanish over the Amerindians.
    • Her image was used in the struggle for independence against the Spanish.
    • Park space is limited to larger towns and cities that were founded by the Spanish.
    • The English did attack but they were bravely fought off by the Spanish.
  • 2A Romance language spoken in Spain and in much of Central and South America (except Brazil) and several other countries. It is the second most widely spoken first language in the world, with more than 400 millon speakers.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Barnes was proficient in Spanish, French, and German and read three other languages.
    • In those parts of Spain in which Spanish is the only language, dialectical patterns can remain significant.
    • All geeks rue their choice on arriving at university and wish that they had chosen to study English, French or Spanish.
    • Now the newsletter is hosted on a dozen of sites and is translated into Spanish, German, French, Dutch and Italian.
    • The Creoles are English-speaking, although many speak Spanish as a second language.
    • Catalan has obvious connections with forms of French as well as Spanish.
    • He was a dominant player, and a dominant boxer, and he spoke French and Spanish in addition to English.
    • He yelled at me in an archaic dialect of Spanish, and I understood every word.
    • She didn't speak French any more than I spoke Spanish, but she liked to pretend.
    • From the autumn, it will be broadcast in English and Spanish to 35 million households.
    • The main language I speak, at home is Spanish, as does everyone else in Chile.
    • You might ask me how I cope in Spain without having Spanish as my first language - and this is meaningful.
    • As with languages like Spanish and French, there are masculine and feminine words.
    • There are subtitles present in Spanish, French, and English for the hearing impaired.

Origin

Middle English: from Spain + -ish, with later shortening of the first vowel.

 
 
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