Definition of (spanish) in English English dictionary
- Judaeo-Spanish
- a Romance Language, based on Old Spanish, and spoken almost exclusively by Sephardic Jews in Greek and Turkey
Although like most American-born children of immigrants they had failed to develop a fluent use of the mother tongue, both had heard Judaeo-Spanish all their lives and had entirely native habits of pronouncing it.
- Latin-American Spanish
- The continuum of standard forms of Spanish spoken in Latin America; compare peninsular Spanish
- Old Spanish
- Early form of the Spanish language that was spoken on the Iberian Peninsula from the 10th century until roughly the beginning of the 15th century, before a consonantic readjustment gave rise to the evolution of Modern Spanish
- Spanish
- Of or pertaining to Spain
Whether Martial's heart was in the Spanish highlands or whether he was happy enough in Rome will be discussed later.
- Spanish
- Of or pertaining to the people or culture of Spain
Spanish cuisine is not as spicy hot as Mexican, but it is flavorful and bright.
- Spanish
- People of Hispanic origin
Sixty-four percent more Spanish are functionally illiterate compared to Anglos in Lubbock (only 15 percent more of nonwhites than Anglos).
- Spanish
- Of or pertaining to the Spanish language
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 , and .
- Spanish
- A Romance language primarily spoken in Spain and in the Americas
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.
- Spanish
- People of Spain, collectively
The Spanish are not the only ones selling their goods along the wharves and the inner streets.
- Spanish Arabic
- Andalusian Arabic (language)
- Spanish Armada
- the fleet of war ships sent by Philip II of Spain against England in 1588
- Spanish Flu
- Alternative spelling of Spanish flu
- Spanish Guinea
- A former colony of Spain and country in Africa, now called Equatorial Guinea
- Spanish Influenza
- Alternative capitalization of Spanish influenza
- Spanish Inquisition
- Excessive questioning or interrogation
I agreed to answer a few questions, but I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition.
- Spanish Inquisition
- an extension of the Papal Inquisition, set up in 15th century Spain, to investigate and punish converted Jews and Muslims thought to be insincere
- Spanish Main
- The mainland coast of Spanish America
- Spanish Sahara
- The territory of Western Sahara
- Spanish Town
- Jamaica's third largest city, capital until 1872
- Spanish Water Dog
- A herding water dog originating in Spain
- Spanish Water Dogs
- plural form of Spanish Water Dog
- Spanish chestnut
- Fruit of this tree
- Spanish chestnut
- A deciduous tree with edible deep brown nutlike fruits. The fruits have a little white, fluffy tail
- Spanish chestnuts
- plural form of Spanish chestnut
- Spanish donkey
- A torture device consisting of a very narrow vertical surface where the victim is supposed to sit with heavy objects attached to their feet
- Spanish donkeys
- plural form of Spanish donkey
- Spanish fever
- Same as Texas fever
- Spanish flu
- Short form for Spanish influenza
- Spanish influenza
- An influenza pandemic that spread to nearly every part of the world between 1918 and 1920, killing from 20 to 100 million people
- Spanish iris
- a bulbous iris Iris xiphium from the western Mediterranean; it has violet-purple flowers with a short perianth tube
- Spanish omelet
- A Spanish dish consisting of an egg omelet with fried potatoes and, often, onions
- Spanish omelets
- plural form of Spanish omelet
- Spanish omelette
- An egg omelette made with fried potatoes
- Spanish omelettes
- plural form of Spanish omelette
- Spanish practices
- Irregular practices in favour of the workers at a place of work, which are implied, but not specified, in the work contract
- Spanish walk
- A movement in which the horse raises the forelegs off the ground in an extreme upward and out manner, with much expression
- spanish
- 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
- spanish
- {n} an earth used in making bricks, the language of Spain
- spanish
- {a} coming from or belonging to Spain
- American Spanish
- The Spanish language as used in the Western Hemisphere
- Judeo-Spanish
- {i} Ladino, Spanish dialect based on old Spanish spoken by Sephardic Jews but written in Hebrew script
- La Pasionaria Spanish: The Passionflower
- known as La Pasionaria (Spanish: "The Passionflower") born Dec. 9, 1895, Gallarta, near Bilbao, Spain died Nov. 12, 1989, Madrid Spanish communist leader. The daughter of a poor miner, she became radicalized in her youth. In 1918 she published an article using her pseudonym ("The Passionflower"), and in 1920 she joined the new Communist Party of Spain. After a turbulent career, she emerged as a deputy in the Republican parliament. By the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936 she had won fame as a fiery and even violent street orator, and she coined the Republican battle cry, "No pasarán!" ("They shall not pass!"). With Francisco Franco's victory in 1939 she fled to the Soviet Union; she returned in 1977 after his death and the party's relegalization. Reelected to parliament, she resigned because of ill health, but she remained honourary president of the party until her death
- Mexican Spanish
- The Spanish language as used in Mexico
- Old Spanish
- Spanish before the middle of the 16th century
- Spanish
- {i} Romance language spoken in Spain and most of Latin America; people of Spain
- Spanish
- Spanish means belonging or relating to Spain, or to its people, language, or culture. a Spanish sherry. the Spanish Ambassador
- Spanish
- The Spanish are the people who come from Spain. relating to Spain, its people, or its language. adj. Armada Spanish Spanish influenza epidemic Spanish Mission style Spanish Civil War Spanish language Spanish Main Spanish moss Spanish Netherlands Spanish Succession War of the Spanish American War Spanish Sahara Spanish Guinea Ferdinand the Catholic Spanish Fernando el Católico La Pasionaria Spanish: The Passionflower
- Spanish
- {s} of or pertaining to Spain, of or pertaining to the people or language of Spain
- Spanish
- Spanish is the main language spoken in Spain, and in many countries in South and Central America
- Spanish
- Of, from, or pertaining to Spain
- Spanish America
- The former Spanish possessions in the New World, including most of South and Central America, Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and other small islands in the Caribbean Sea
- Spanish Armada
- Great fleet sent by Philip II of Spain in 1588 to invade England in conjunction with a Spanish army from Flanders. Philip was motivated by a desire to restore the Roman Catholic faith in England and by English piracies against Spanish trade and possessions. The Armada, commanded by the duke of Medina-Sidonia, consisted of about 130 ships. In the weeklong battle, the Spanish suffered defeat after the English launched fire ships into the Spanish fleet, breaking the ships' formation and making them susceptible to the English ships' heavy guns. Many Spanish ships were also lost during the long voyage home, and a total of perhaps 15,000 Spaniards died. The defeat of the Armada, in which Francis Drake played a principal role, saved England and the Netherlands from possible absorption into the Spanish empire
- Spanish Civil War
- About 500,000 people died in the war, and all Spaniards were deeply scarred by the trauma. The war's end brought a period of dictatorship that lasted until the mid-1970s
- Spanish Civil War
- 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. (1936-39) Military revolt against the government of Spain. After the 1936 elections produced a Popular Front government supported mainly by left-wing parties, a military uprising began in garrison towns throughout Spain, led by the rebel Nationalists and supported by conservative elements in the clergy, military, and landowners as well as the fascist Falange. The ruling Republican government, led by the socialist premiers Francisco Largo Caballero and Juan Negrín (1894-1956) and the liberal president Manuel Azaña y Díaz, was supported by workers and many in the educated middle class as well as militant anarchists and communists. Government forces put down the uprising in most regions except parts of northwestern and southwestern Spain, where the Nationalists held control and named Francisco Franco head of state. Both sides repressed opposition; together, they executed or assassinated more than 50,000 suspected enemies to their respective causes. Seeking aid from abroad, the Nationalists received troops, tanks, and planes from Nazi Germany and Italy, which used Spain as a testing ground for new methods of tank and air warfare. The Republicans (also called loyalists) were sent matériel mainly by the Soviet Union, and the volunteer International Brigades also joined the Republicans. The two sides fought fierce and bloody skirmishes in a war of attrition. The Nationalist side gradually gained territory and by April 1938 succeeded in splitting Spain from east to west, causing 250,000 Republican forces to flee into France. In March 1939 the remaining Republican forces surrendered, and Madrid, beset by civil strife between communists and anticommunists, fell to the Nationalists on March
- Spanish Inquisition
- {i} Inquisition in Spain from 1480 to 1834 that protected the orthodoxy of Catholicism in Spain and under which an extremely large number of people (especially Jewish people) were tortured and executed
- Spanish Main
- shores of Spain
- 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 pirates, and there are many stories and films about the exciting adventures of the people who sailed the Spanish Main. Northern coast of South America. The term refers to an area that was once under Spanish control and spanned roughly between the Isthmus of Panama and the delta of the Orinoco River. The term can also refer to the Caribbean Sea and adjacent waters, especially when referring to the period when the region was troubled by pirates
- Spanish Netherlands
- Spanish-held provinces in the southern Low Countries (roughly corresponding to modern Belgium and Luxembourg). In 1578 the diplomat Alessandro Farnese was sent to represent Spain in the Netherlands, and by 1585 he had reestablished Spanish control over the southern provinces, ending the union with the northern provinces that followed the Pacification of Ghent. In the 17th century the region saw a resurgence of economic and intellectual growth. As a buffer between Protestant and Catholic states, the region was the scene of constant warfare; areas were ceded to the Dutch Republic (1648) and France (1659). The territory began to decline in the late 17th century. Spanish control was lost after the War of the Spanish Succession, when the region passed to Emperor Charles VI and became the Austrian Netherlands
- Spanish Peaks
- Adjacent mountains, 3,868 m (12,683 ft) and 4,155 m (13,623 ft) high, in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of southern Colorado. They were landmarks for early explorers and traders
- Spanish River
- A river, about 241 km (150 mi) long, of southern Ontario, Canada, flowing generally south to Lake Huron
- Spanish Steps
- some famous steps built in the 18th century, that climb to the main French church in Rome, the Trinita dei Monti
- Spanish bayonet
- Any of several New World plants of the genus Yucca, especially Y. aloifolia or Y. baccata, having a tall woody stem, stiff swordlike pointed leaves, and a large cluster of white flowers
- Spanish citizen
- {i} citizen of Spain (country in southwestern Europe)
- Spanish fly
- {i} cantharides; bright green European blister beetle; toxic medicinal powder made from the dried body of this beetle (formerly used to treat skin blisters and as a counterirritant and was also taken as an aphrodisiac)
- Spanish language
- Romance language spoken in Spain and in large parts of the New World. It has more than 332 million speakers, including more than 23 million in the U.S. Its earliest written materials date from the 10th century, its first literary works from 1150. The Castilian dialect, the source of modern standard Spanish, arose in the 9th century in north-central Spain (Old Castile) and spread to central Spain (New Castile) by the 11th century. In the late 15th century the kingdoms of Castile, León, and Aragon merged, and Castilian became the official language of all Spain, with Catalan and Galician (effectively a dialect of Portuguese) becoming regional languages and Aragonese and Leonese reduced to a fraction of their original speech areas. Latin American regional dialects are derived from Castilian but differ from it in phonology
- Spanish lime
- {i} guinep, tropical American tree that bears fruit; sweet juicy lime fruit of the guinep
- Spanish mackerel
- Any of various marine food fishes of the genus Scomberomorus, especially a commercially important species, S. maculatus, of American Atlantic coastal waters
- Spanish moss
- An epiphytic bromeliad plant (Tillandsia usneoides) of the southeast United States and tropical America, having gray threadlike stems drooping in long, densely matted clusters. Epiphyte (Tillandsia usneoides) in the pineapple family, found in southern North America, the West Indies, and Central and South America. It often hangs in large, beardlike, silvery-gray masses from trees and other plants and even on telephone poles, but it is not parasitic or structurally intertwined with its host. It takes in carbon dioxide and rainwater or dew for photosynthesis through tiny, hairlike scales that cover its threadlike leaves and long, threadlike stems. It absorbs nutrients from dust and solvents in rainwater, or from decaying organic matter around its aerial roots. Stalkless yellow flowers appear rarely. Spanish moss is sometimes used as a filler in packing boxes and upholstery, and around potted plants or floral arrangements
- Spanish omelet
- An omelet served with an often spicy sauce of tomatoes, onions, and peppers
- Spanish onion
- A mild-flavored, yellow-skinned onion (Allium fistulosum) having yellowish-white flowers
- Spanish paprika
- A mild seasoning made from pimientos
- Spanish rice
- A dish consisting of rice cooked with tomatoes, spices, chopped onions, and green peppers
- Spanish-American War
- brief war between the United States and Spain in 1898 over Spanish rule in Cuba (resulted in Cuban independence and American annexation of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines)
- Spanish-American War
- A war between Spain and the United States in 1898, as a result of which Spain ceded Puerto Rico, the Philippine Islands, and Guam to the United States and abandoned all claim to Cuba, which became independent in 1902. a war in 1898 between the US and Spain, which the US started because it wanted Cuba to be independent from Spain and because the US battleship Maine was mysteriously destroyed by an explosion near Havana, Cuba. After Spain was defeated, Cuba became independent, and the US took control of the islands of the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico. Theodore Roosevelt, who later became president, first became famous through his military success in this war, when he led a group of men called the Rough Riders. (1898) Conflict between the U.S. and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the New World. The war originated in Cuba's struggle for independence. The newspapers of William Randolph Hearst fanned U.S. sympathy for the rebels, which increased after the unexplained destruction of the U.S. warship Maine on Feb. 15, 1898. Congress passed resolutions declaring Cuba's right to independence and demanding that Spain withdraw its armed forces. Spain declared war on the U.S. on April
- Spanish-American War
- Commo. George Dewey led the naval squadron that defeated the Spanish fleet in the Philippines (see Battle of Manila Bay) on May 1, and Gen.William Shafter led regular troops and volunteers (including future U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders) in the destruction of Spain's Caribbean Sea fleet near Santiago, Cuba (July 17). In the Treaty of Paris (December 10), Spain renounced all claim to Cuba and ceded Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines to the U.S., marking the U.S.'s emergence as a world power
- War of the Spanish Succession
- (1701-14) Conflict arising from the disputed succession to the throne of Spain after the death of the childless Charles II. The Habsburg Charles had named the Bourbon Philip, duke d'Anjou, as his successor; when Philip took the Spanish throne as Philip V, his grandfather Louis XIV invaded the Spanish Netherlands. The former anti-French alliance from the War of the Grand Alliance was revived in 1701 by Britain, the Dutch Republic, and the Holy Roman emperor, who had been promised parts of the Spanish empire by earlier treaties of partition (1698, 1699). The English forces, led by the duke of Marlborough, won a series of victories over France (1704-09), including the Battle of Blenheim, which forced the French out of the Low Countries and Italy. The imperial general, Eugene of Savoy, also won notable victories. In 1711 conflicts within the alliance led to its collapse, and peace negotiations began in 1712. The war concluded with the Peace of Utrecht (1713), which marked the rise of the power of Britain at the expense of both France and Spain, and the Treaties of Rastatt and Baden (1714)
- World Spanish Federation
- organization of Sephardic Jews
- battle of the spanish armada
- in the English Channel a small fleet of British ships successfully defeated the large armada sent from Spain by Philip II to invade England
- black spanish
- They are remarkable as egg layers
- black spanish
- One of an old and well-known Mediterranean breed of domestic fowls with glossy black plumage, blue legs and feet, bright red comb and wattles, and white face
- judeo-spanish
- the Spanish dialect spoken by Sephardic Jews but written in the Hebrew script
- mexican spanish
- the dialect of Spanish spoken in Mexico
- spanish
- the Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the countries colonized by Spain the people of Spain of or relating to or characteristic of Spain or the people of Spain; "Spanish music
- spanish
- The language of Spain
- spanish
- Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards
- spanish american
- an American whose first language is Spanish
- spanish american
- a resident of Latin America
- spanish bayonet
- a stiff yucca with a short trunk; found in the southern United States and tropical America; has rigid spine-tipped leaves and clusters of white flowers tall woody-stemmed yucca of southwestern United States and Mexico having stiff swordlike pointed leaves and a large cluster of white flowers
- spanish broom
- erect shrub of southwestern Europe having racemes of golden yellow flowers tall thornless shrub having pale yellow flowers and flexible rushlike twigs used in basketry; of southwestern Europe and Mediterranean; naturalized in California
- spanish cedar
- tropical American tree yielding fragrant wood used especially for boxes
- spanish chestnut
- {i} marron
- spanish civil war
- civil war in Spain in which General Franco succeeded in overthrowing the republican government; during the war Spain became a battleground for fascists and socialists from all countries; 1936-1939
- spanish dagger
- arborescent yucca of southwestern United States and northern Mexico with sword-shaped leaves and white flowers yucca of southeastern United States similar to the Spanish bayonets but with shorter trunk and smoother leaves
- spanish elm
- large tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for its abundant creamy white flowers and valuable wood
- spanish fly
- green beetle of southern Europe
- spanish grunt
- a kind of grunt
- spanish heath
- erect dense shrub native to western Iberian peninsula having profuse white or pink flowers; naturalized in southwestern England
- spanish inquisition
- the Inquisition that guarded the orthodoxy of Catholicism in Spain (especially from the 15th to the 17th centuries)
- spanish iris
- bulbous iris of western Mediterranean region having usually violet-purple flowers
- spanish lime
- tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp
- spanish mackerel
- medium-sized mackerel of temperate Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico any of several large marine food fishes of the genus Scomberomorus flesh of commercially important fishes especially of the Atlantic coastal waters of America
- spanish monetary unit
- monetary unit in Spain
- spanish moss
- dense festoons of greenish-gray hairlike flexuous strands anchored to tree trunks and branches by sparse wiry roots; southeastern United States and West Indies to South America
- spanish needles
- common bur marigold of the eastern United States the seed of bur marigolds
- spanish oak
- small deciduous tree having the trunk branched almost from the base with spreading branches; Texas and southern Oklahoma
- spanish onion
- large mild and succulent yellow-skinned onion; often eaten raw
- spanish oyster plant
- a golden thistle of southwestern Europe cultivated for its edible sweet roots and edible leaves and stalks; its yellow flowers are used as a substitute for saffron
- spanish paprika
- a mild seasoning made from a variety of pimiento grown in Spain
- spanish rice
- spicy rice with tomatoes and onions and green peppers
- spanish tamarind
- shrubby tree of Madagascar occasionally cultivated for its edible apple-shaped fruit
- spanish-american war
- a war between the United STates and Spain in 1898
- spanish-speaking
- able to communicate in Spanish
- the (Spanish)
- {i} Los
- war of the spanish succession
- a general war in Europe (1701-1714) that broke out when Louis XIV installed his grandson on the throne of Spain; England and Holland hoped to limit Louis' power