Hispanic

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Australia, US, UK/hɪˈspænɪk/British, Northern England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales/hɪˈspanɪk/New Zealand/hɪˈspɛnɪk/

adjective

Of or relating to Spain.

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

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Meanings

adjectiveHispanic (comparative more Hispanic, superlative most 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.

    Synonyms: Iberian, Hispanian

  3. colloquialOf or relating to a Spanish-speaking people or culture, especially as in Latin America.

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

    Synonyms: Latin, Latino

  4. colloquialMestizo.
nounHispanic (plural Hispanics)

plural Hispanics

  1. A native or descendant of a Spanish-speaking country.
  2. A person of Spanish ancestry.
  3. colloquialA mestizo.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf or pertaining to the Iberian peninsula, its people, its culture or its languages.

adjectiveOf or relating to a Spanish-speaking people or culture, especially as in Latin America.

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of Spain

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiverelated to a Spanish-speaking people or culture

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nounan American whose first language is Spanish

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. LatinHispānicus
  2. EnglishHispanic

From Latin Hispānicus, from Hispānia (“Iberia”) + -icus.

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Translations

Catalan hispà, hispànic
  • hispàOf or relating to Spanish-speaking people or culture
  • hispànicOf or relating to Spanish-speaking people or culture
French hispanique
  • hispaniqueOf or relating to Spanish-speaking people or culture
German spanisch, lateinamerikanisch
  • spanischOf or relating to Spanish-speaking people or culture
  • lateinamerikanischOf or relating to Spanish-speaking people or culture
  • hispanoamerikanischOf or relating to Spanish-speaking people or culture
Hindi हिस्पानी
  • हिस्पानी (hispānī)Of or relating to Spanish-speaking people or culture
Italian ispanico
  • ispanicoOf or relating to Spanish-speaking people or culture
Portuguese hispânico
  • hispânicoOf or relating to Spanish-speaking people or culture
Romanian hispanic
  • hispanicOf or relating to Spanish-speaking people or culture
Spanish hispánico
  • hispánicoOf or relating to Spanish-speaking people or culture

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

Hispanic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hispanic

MLA

“Hispanic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hispanic. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hispanic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hispanic.

Source: Hispanic on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.