Hispanic

See also: hispanic

English

Etymology

From the root of Latin Hispānia (“Iberia”) and the suffix -ic; compare hispānicus. Doublet of Spain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪˈspænɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ænɪk

Adjective

Hispanic (comparative more Hispanic, superlative most Hispanic)

1. Of or relating to Spain.
2. Of or pertaining to the Iberian peninsula, its people, its culture or its languages.
3. (colloquial) Of or relating to a Spanish-speaking people or culture, as in Latin America.

   Houses in New Mexico, California and Florida exhibit a strong Hispanic architectural influence.

4. (colloquial) mestizo.

Synonyms

• (of Spain): Spanish
• (of Spanish-speaking people): Latin, Latino
• (of Iberia): Iberian, Hispanian

Derived terms

• Hispanicisation
• Hispanicise
• Hispanicism
• Hispanicity
• Hispanicization
• Hispanicize
• Hispanic panic

 

Related terms

• Hispanist
• Hispano-
• hispano-
• Hispanophile
• Hispanophilia
• Hispanophilic
• Hispanophobe
• Hispanophobia
• Hispanophobic
• Hispanophone
• Hispanophone Caribbean
• Hispanophonia

 

Translations

Of or relating to Spanish-speaking people or culture

• Catalan: hispà (ca), hispànic (ca)
• Farefare: hispan
• French: hispanique (fr)
• Galician: hispano
• German: spanisch (de) (of Spain), lateinamerikanisch (de) (of Central and South America), hispanoamerikanisch
• Italian: ispanico (it)
• Romanian: hispanic (ro)
• Spanish: hispánico (es)

Noun

Hispanic (plural Hispanics)

1. A Spanish-speaking person.
2. A person of Spanish ancestry.
3. (colloquial) mestizo

Related terms

• Hispano
• spaniel
• Spanish

 

See also

• Hispania
• Hispaniola
• Iberian
• Ibero-
• Ibero-America
• Ibero-American
• Ibero-Romance
• Latin
• Latina
• Latin American
• Latino
• Latinx