Spanish Syllabification: (Span·ish)Pronunciation: /ˈspaniSH/Translate Spanish | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of Spanish adjective of or relating to Spain, its people, or its language. noun 1 (as plural noun the Spanish) the people of Spain. 2the Romance language of most of Spain and of much of Central and South America and several other countries. Derivatives Spanishness noun Origin: Middle English: from Spain + -ish1, with later shortening of the first vowelSpanish in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Spanish in the British & World English dictionary