español

/espaˈɲol/, [es.paˈɲol]

spanish


Adjective español (feminine española, masculine plural españoles, feminine plural españolas)

  1. Spanish (from or native to Spain)
  2. Spanish (pertaining to Spain or to the language)

Noun español m (plural españoles, feminine española, feminine plural españolas)

  1. Spaniard (man)
  2. the Spanish language

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License


Examples
  • Ellos no hablaban español.

    They were not speaking Spanish.

  • Ni él ni yo hablamos español.

    Neither he nor I speak Spanish.

  • Escribe español.

    Write Spanish.

  • El español es su lengua materna.

    Spanish is her mother tongue.

  • Se habla español en la mayoría de los países sudamericanos.

    Spanish is spoken in most countries of South America.

  • Los principales idiomas que sirven de fuente al interlingua son portugués, español, italiano, francés e Inglés.

    The main languages which serve as source to interlingua are Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, French and English.

  • El chavacano es una lengua criolla con base en español.

    Chavacano is a Spanish-based creole language.

  • Ni siquiera hablo inglés demasiado bien, español mucho menos.

    I can't even speak English very well, much less Spanish.

  • Él es español.

    He is Spanish.

  • Hablo español.

    I speak Spanish.

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