1
: the Romance language of the largest part of Spain and of the countries colonized by Spaniards
2
plural in construction
: the people of Spain
Spanish
adjective
Spanishness
noun
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The public health department said those poisoned have included many Spanish, Mixteco and Mandarin Chinese speakers, and the state in response has expanded their warnings in different languages.
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Arkansas Online, 8 Feb. 2026
The Latin pop superstar will make history as the first Latin American male artist to headline the halftime show, as well as the first to perform entirely in Spanish.
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Peña was raised by her Mexican grandparents in small-town Kansas but never learned Spanish from them.
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For an album fully in Spanish, not at the Latin Grammys, mind you, but at The Grammys.
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Arkansas Online, 8 Feb. 2026
The Latin pop superstar will make history as the first Latin American male artist to headline the halftime show, as well as the first to perform entirely in Spanish.
—Catherine Messier, The Providence Journal, 8 Feb. 2026
Peña was raised by her Mexican grandparents in small-town Kansas but never learned Spanish from them.
—Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2026
For an album fully in Spanish, not at the Latin Grammys, mind you, but at The Grammys.
—Sucio Smash, VIBE.com, 7 Feb. 2026
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“Spanish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Spanish. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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Spanish
noun
Span·ish
ˈspan-ish 
1
: the Romance language of Spain and of the countries colonized by Spaniards
2
Spanish plural
: the people of Spain
Spanish
adjective
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