Spanish

adj

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

1. Of or pertaining to Spain.

   “Spanish borders”

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

2. Of or pertaining to the people or culture of Spain.

   “Spanish cuisines”

   “Though she was Indian like the rest of us, she had a fine Spanish nose.”

3. Of or pertaining to the Spanish language.

   “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].”

4. Of or pertaining to Hispanic people or their culture.

name

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

1. A Romance language primarily spoken in Spain and in the Americas.

   “"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.””

2. A town in Ontario, Canada.

noun

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

1. The people of Spain, collectively.

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

2. Spanish cuisine; traditional Spanish food.
3. People of Hispanic origin; one whose first language is Spanish.

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

4. Money.

   “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. 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.”