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   Span·ish

   /ˈspaniSH/

   

   adjective

   • 1. relating to Spain, its people, or its language: "the breed was originally brought here by Spanish colonists in the 16th century"

   noun

   • 1. the people of Spain: "a type of banana first introduced by the Spanish"
   • 2. 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: "the interpreter repeated her commands in Spanish"

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

   Derivatives

   • 1. Spanishness noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • S

     1

   • P

     3

   • A

     1

   • N

     1

   • I

     1

   • S

     1

   • H

     4

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