English-Thai Dictionary
Spanish
N ชาว สเปน chao-sa-pen
Spanish
N ภาษา สเปน pa-sa-sa-pen
Spanish
N ี่ เกี่ยวกับ ประเทศ สเปน คน สเปน ภาษา สเปน หรือ วัฒนธรรม สเปน Spainsh-speaking kiao-kab-pra-thed-sa-pen
Spanish Main
N บริเวณ เขตแดน สเปน ที่ ติดกับ ทะเล แคริบเบียน bo-ri-wen-ked-dan-sa-pen-ti-tid-kab-ta-lea
Spanish fly
N แมลงวัน สเปน ma-lang-wan-sa-pen
spanish
A เกี่ยวกับ สเปน
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
SPANISH
a.Pertaining to Spain.
SPANISH
n.The language of Spain.
SPANISH-BROOM
n.A plant of the genus Spartium.
SPANISH-BROWN
n.A species of earth used in paints.
SPANISH-FLY
n.A fly or insect, the cantharis used in vesicatories, or composition for raising blisters.
SPANISH-NUT
n.A plant.
SPANISH-WHITE
n.A white earth from Spain, used in paints.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SPANISH
SPANISH Span "ish, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards. Spanish bayonet (Bot. ), a liliaceous plant (Yucca alorifolia ) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers. -- Spanish bean (Bot. ) See the Note under Bean. -- Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork. Ure. -- Spanish broom (Bot. ), a leguminous shrub (Spartium junceum ) having many green flexible rushlike twigs. -- Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of sesquioxide of iron. -- Spanish buckeye (Bot. ), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa ) of Texas, New Mexico, etc. , related to the buckeye, but having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit. -- Spanish burton (Naut. ), a purchase composed of two single blocks. A double Spanish burton has one double and two single blocks. Luce (Textbook of Seamanship ). -- Spanish chalk (Min. ), a kind of steatite; -- so called because obtained from Aragon in Spain. -- Spanish cress (Bot. ), a cruciferous plant (lepidium Cadamines ), a species of peppergrass. -- Spanish curiew (Zoöl.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.] -- Spanish daggers (Bot. ) See Spanish bayonet. -- Spanish elm (Bot. ), a large West Indian tree (Cordia Gerascanthus ) furnishing hard and useful timber. -- Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles. -- Spanish flag (Zoöl.), the California rockfish (Sebastichthys rubrivinctus ). It is conspicuously colored with bands of red and white. -- Spanish fly (Zoöl.), a brilliant green beetle, common in the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis. -- Spanish fox (Naut. ), a yarn twisted against its lay. -- Spanish grass. (Bot. ) See Esparto. -- Spanish juice (Bot. ), licorice. -- Spanish leather. See Cordwain. -- Spanish mackerel. (Zoöl.) (a ) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias ) found both in Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel, big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel. (b ) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus ), highly esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under Mackerel. -- Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure ships from the New to the Old World. -- Spanish moss. (Bot. ) See Tillandsia. -- Spanish needles (Bot. ), a composite weed (Bidens bipinnata ) having achenia armed with needlelike awns. -- Spanish nut (Bot. ), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium ) of the south of Europe. -- Spanish potato (Bot. ), the sweet potato. See under Potato. -- Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian red, but slightly yellower and warmer. Fairholt. -- Spanish reef (Naut. ), a knot tied in the head of a jib-headed sail. -- Spanish sheep (Zoöl.), a merino. -- Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white pigment. -- Spanish windlass (Naut. ), a wooden roller, with a rope wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to serve as a lever.
SPANISH
SPANISH Span "ish, n.
Defn: The language of Spain.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Spanish
Span ish |ˈspaniSH ˈspænɪʃ | ▶adjective of or relating to Spain, its people, or its language. ▶noun 1 (as plural noun the Spanish ) the people of Spain. 2 the Romance language of most of Spain and of much of Central and South America and several other countries. DERIVATIVES Span ish ness noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Spain + -ish 1, with later shortening of the first vowel.
Spanish America
Span ish A mer i ca the parts of America once colonized by Spaniards and in which Spanish is still generally spoken. This includes most of Central and South America (except Brazil ) and part of the Caribbean.
Spanish-American
Spanish-American ▶noun a native or inhabitant of the Spanish-speaking countries of Central and South America. ▶adjective of or relating to the Spanish-speaking countries or peoples of Central and South America.
Spanish-American War
Span ish-A mer i can War a war between Spain and the US in the Caribbean and the Philippines in 1898. American public opinion having been aroused by Spanish atrocities in Cuba and the destruction of the warship Maine in Santiago harbor, the US declared war and successfully invaded Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines, all of which Spain gave up by the Treaty of Paris (1898 ).
Spanish Armada
Span ish Ar ma da see armada.
Spanish bayonet
Span ish bay o net (also Spanish dagger ) ▶noun a yucca native to the southern US and the American tropics. [Genus Yucca, family Agavaceae: several species, in particular Y. aloifolia. ]
Spanish broom
Span ish broom ▶noun a Mediterranean broom with fragrant yellow flowers and almost leafless stems that were formerly used in basketry. [Spartium junceum, family Leguminosae. ]
Spanish chestnut
Span ish chest nut |ˈspænɪʃ ˈtʃɛs (t )ˌnət | ▶noun see chestnut ( sense 2 ).
Spanish Civil War
Span ish Civ il War the conflict (1936 –39 ) between Nationalist forces (including monarchists and members of the Falange Party ) and Republicans (including socialists, communists, and Catalan and Basque separatists ) in Spain. It began with a military uprising against the leftist, Republican Popular Front government in July 1936. In bitter fighting the Nationalists, led by General Franco, gradually gained control of the countryside but failed to capture the capital, Madrid. After periods of prolonged stalemate, Franco finally succeeded in capturing Barcelona and Madrid in early 1939. He established a Fascist dictatorship that lasted until his death in 1975.
Spanish-Colonial
Span ish-Co lo ni al ▶adjective denoting a style of architecture characteristic of Spanish America.
Spanish flu
Span ish flu (also Spanish influenza ) ▶noun influenza caused by an influenza virus of type A, in particular that of the pandemic that began in 1918.
Spanish fly
Span ish fly |ˈspænɪʃ flaɪ | ▶noun a bright green European blister beetle with a mousy smell. [Lytta vesicatoria, family Meloidae. ] • a toxic preparation of the dried bodies of these beetles, formerly used in medicine as a counterirritant and sometimes taken as an aphrodisiac. Also called cantharides.
Spanish guitar
Span ish gui tar ▶noun the standard six-stringed acoustic guitar, used esp. for classical and folk music.
Spanish ibex
Span ish i bex (also Spanish goat ) ▶noun see ibex.
Spanish Inquisition
Span ish In qui si tion |ˌiNGkwiˈziSHən ˌspænɪʃˌɪnkwəˈzɪʃən | an ecclesiastical court established in Roman Catholic Spain in 1478 and directed originally against converts from Judaism and Islam but later also against Protestants. It operated with great severity until suppressed in the early 19th century.
Spanish mackerel
Span ish mack er el ▶noun a large edible game fish related to the mackerel. [Genus Scomberomorus, family Scombridae: several species, in particular S. maculatus of the tropical Atlantic, and S. commerson of the Indo-Pacific. ]
Spanish Main
Span ish Main |mān ˌspænɪʃˈmaɪn | the former name for the north coast of South America between the Orinoco River and Panama and adjoining parts of the Caribbean Sea when they were under Spanish control.
Spanish Mission
Span ish Mis sion ▶noun [ as modifier ] denoting a style of architecture characteristic of the Catholic missions in Spanish America.
Spanish moss
Span ish moss |ˈspænɪʃ mɔs | ▶noun a tropical American plant that grows as silvery-green festoons on trees, obtaining water and nutrients directly through its surface. [Tillandsia usneoides, family Bromeliaceae. See also air plant . ]
Spanish needles
Span ish nee dles ▶noun an American beggar ticks with rayless flowers that develop into a cluster of barbed achenes. [Bidens bipinnata, family Compositae. ]
Spanish omelet
Span ish om e let ▶noun an omelet containing chopped vegetables, often served open rather than folded.
Spanish onion
Span ish on ion |ˈspænɪʃ ˈənjən | ▶noun a large cultivated onion with a mild flavor.
Spanish rice
Span ish rice ▶noun a dish of rice with onions, peppers, tomatoes, and other vegetables, often colored and flavored with saffron.
Spanish Sahara
Span ish Sa har a former name (1958 –75 ) of Western Sahara.
Spanish Succession, War of the
Span ish Suc ces sion, War of the a European war (1701 –14 ), provoked by the death of the Spanish king Charles II without issue. The Grand Alliance of Britain, the Netherlands, and the Holy Roman Emperor threw back a French invasion of the Low Countries and prevented Spain and France from being united under one crown.
Spanish Town
Span ish Town a town in Jamaica, west of Kingston, the second largest town in Jamaica, a former capital; pop. 148,800 (est. 2006 ).
Spanish windlass
Span ish wind lass ▶noun a device for tightening a rope or cable by twisting it using a stick as a lever.
Oxford Dictionary
Spanish
Span |ish |ˈspanɪʃ | ▶adjective relating to Spain, its people, or its language. ▶noun 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 + -ish 1, with later shortening of the first vowel.
Spanish America
Span |ish Amer |ica the parts of America once colonized by Spaniards and in which Spanish is still generally spoken, including most of Central and South America (except Brazil ) and part of the Caribbean.
Spanish-American
Spanish-American ▶noun a native or inhabitant of the Spanish-speaking countries of Central and South America. ▶adjective of or relating to the Spanish-speaking countries or peoples of Central and South America.
Spanish-American War
Spanish-American War a war between Spain and the United States in the Caribbean and the Philippines in 1898. American public opinion having been aroused by alleged Spanish atrocities in Cuba and the destruction of the warship Maine in Havana harbour, the US declared war and successfully invaded Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines, all of which Spain gave up by the Treaty of Paris (1898 ).
Spanish Armada
Span |ish Armada see armada.
Spanish bayonet
Span |ish bay |onet ▶noun a yucca with long stiff sword-shaped leaves and tall, slender spikes of white flowers, found from the southern US to the Caribbean. ●Yucca aloifolia, family Agavaceae.
Spanish broom
Span |ish broom ▶noun a Mediterranean broom with fragrant yellow flowers and almost leafless stems which were formerly used in basketry. ●Spartium junceum, family Leguminosae.
Spanish chestnut
Span |ish chest |nut ▶noun see chestnut ( sense 2 ).
Spanish Civil War
Span |ish Civil War the conflict (1936 –9 ) between Nationalist forces (including monarchists and members of the Falange Party ) and Republicans (including socialists and Communists and Catalan and Basque separatists ) in Spain. It began with a military uprising against the leftist Republican Popular Front government in July 1936. In bitter fighting the Nationalists, led by General Franco, gradually gained control of the countryside but failed to capture the capital, Madrid. After periods of prolonged stalemate, Franco finally succeeded in capturing Barcelona and Madrid in early 1939. He established a Fascist dictatorship that lasted until his death in 1975.
Spanish-Colonial
Spanish-Colonial ▶adjective denoting a style of architecture characteristic of Spanish America.
Spanish flu
Spanish flu (also Spanish influenza ) ▶noun [ mass noun ] influenza caused by an influenza virus of type A, in particular that of the pandemic which began in 1918.
Spanish fly
Span |ish fly ▶noun a bright green European blister beetle with a mousy smell. ●Lytta vesicatoria, family Meloidae. • [ mass noun ] a toxic preparation of the dried bodies of these beetles, formerly used in medicine as a counterirritant and sometimes taken as an aphrodisiac. Also called cantharides.
Spanish guitar
Span |ish gui ¦tar ▶noun the standard six-stringed acoustic guitar, used especially for classical and folk music.
Spanish ibex
Spanish ibex (also Spanish goat ) ▶noun see ibex.
Spanish Inquisition
Span |ish Inquisition an ecclesiastical court established in 1478 and directed originally against converts from Judaism and Islam but later also against Protestants. It operated with great severity and was not suppressed until the early 19th century.
Spanish mackerel
Span |ish mack |erel ▶noun a large edible game fish related to the mackerel. ●Genus Scomberomorus, family Scombridae: several species, in particular S. maculatus of the tropical Atlantic, and S. commerson of the Indo-Pacific.
Spanish Main
Span |ish Main the former name for the north coast of South America between the Orinoco River and Panama, and adjoining parts of the Caribbean Sea.
Spanish Mission
Span |ish Mission ▶noun [ as modifier ] denoting a style of architecture characteristic of the Catholic missions in Spanish America.
Spanish moss
Span |ish moss ▶noun [ mass noun ] a tropical American plant which grows as silvery-green festoons on trees, obtaining water and nutrients directly through its surface. ●Tillandsia usneoides, family Bromeliaceae. See also air plant .
Spanish needles
Span ish nee dles ▶noun an American beggar ticks with rayless flowers that develop into a cluster of barbed achenes. [Bidens bipinnata, family Compositae. ]
Spanish omelette
Span |ish om |elette ▶noun an omelette containing chopped vegetables, especially potatoes, often served open rather than folded.
Spanish onion
Span |ish onion ▶noun a large onion with a mild flavour.
Spanish practice
Span |ish prac |tice ▶noun another term for old Spanish custom.
Spanish rice
Span |ish rice ▶noun [ mass noun ] a dish of rice with onions, peppers, tomatoes, and other vegetables, often coloured and flavoured with saffron.
Spanish Sahara
Span |ish Sa ¦hara former name (1958 –75 ) for Western Sahara.
Spanish Succession, War of the
Span |ish Succession, War of the a European war (1701 –14 ), provoked by the death without issue of the Spanish king Charles II. The Grand Alliance of Britain, the Netherlands, and the Holy Roman emperor threw back a French invasion of the Low Countries, and, although the Peace of Utrecht confirmed the accession of a Bourbon king in Spain, prevented Spain and France from being united under one crown.
Spanish Town
Span |ish Town a town in Jamaica, west of Kingston, the second-largest town and a former capital of Jamaica; pop. 148,800 (est. 2006 ).
Spanish windlass
Span |ish wind |lass ▶noun a device for tightening a rope or cable by twisting it using a stick as a lever.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
Spanish
Span ish /spǽnɪʃ /→Spain 形容詞 スペインの ; スペイン人 [語 ]の .名詞 1 U スペイン語 .2 〖the ～; 集合的に 〗スペイン人 [国民 ].～̀ Am é rica スペイン語圏中南米諸国 .～̀ Arm á da ＝armada 2 .～̀ fl ý 〘虫 〙ゲンセイ 〘甲虫の一種 〙; カンタリス 〘ゲンセイを粉末にした媚薬 （びやく ）〙.
Spanish-American
Sp à nish-Am é rican 形容詞 1 スペイン語圏中南米 (人 )の .2 スペインとアメリカの .名詞 C スペイン語圏中南米住民 〘特にスペイン系 〙.
The Wordsmith Dictionary