1 (as plural noun the Spanish) the people of Spain.
2 [mass noun] the main language of Spain and of much of Central and South America (except Brazil) and several other countries. It is a Romance language with over 300 million speakers worldwide.
Derivatives
Spanishness
noun
Origin:
Middle English: from Spain+ -ish1, with later shortening of the first vowel
Spanish in other Oxford dictionaries
Definition of Spanish in the US English dictionary
