Meanings
plural Spaniards · alternative obsolete Spaynard · alternative obsolete Spanyard
- A person from Spain or of Spanish descent.
Wenger sent on Cesc Fabregas and Van Persie to try to finish Leeds off and with 14 minutes left the switch paid off as the Spaniard sent Bendtner away down the right and his wonderful curling cross was headed in by Van Persie at the far post.
2011 January 19, Jonathan Stevenson, “Leeds 1 - 3 Arsenal”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2021 - A member of the predominant ethnic group of Spain.
Synonyms: Castilian
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA member of the predominant ethnic group of Spain.
Origin
- Old FrenchEspaignard
- Middle EnglishSpaignarde
- EnglishSpaniard
From Middle English Spaignarde, from Old French Espaignard, from Espaigne. Equivalent to Spain + -ard.
More words from Middle English, Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Spanjaard, Spanjool
- Spanjaardsomebody from Spain
- Spanjoolsomebody from Spain
Arabic إِسْبَانِيّ, إِسْبَانِيَّة
- إِسْبَانِيّ (ʔisbāniyy)somebody from Spain
- إِسْبَانِيَّة (ʔisbāniyya)somebody from Spain
Basque espainiar
- espainiarsomebody from Spain
Bulgarian испа́нец, испа́нка
- испа́нец (ispánec)somebody from Spain
- испа́нка (ispánka)somebody from Spain
Catalan espanyol, espanyola
- espanyolsomebody from Spain
- espanyolasomebody from Spain
Chinese Mandarin 西班牙人
- 西班牙人 (Xībānyárén)somebody from Spain
Czech Španěl, Španělka
- Španělsomebody from Spain
- Španělkasomebody from Spain
Danish spanier, spaniol
- spaniersomebody from Spain
- spaniolsomebody from Spain
- spaniolersomebody from Spain
Dutch Spanjaard, Spaanse
- Spanjaardsomebody from Spain
- Spaansesomebody from Spain
Esperanto hispano, hispanino
- hispanosomebody from Spain
- hispaninosomebody from Spain
Estonian hispaanlane
- hispaanlanesomebody from Spain
Finnish espanjalainen
- espanjalainensomebody from Spain
French Espagnol, Espagnole
- Espagnolsomebody from Spain
- Espagnolesomebody from Spain
German Spanier, Spanierin
- Spaniersomebody from Spain
- Spanierinsomebody from Spain
Greek Ισπανός, Ισπανίδα
- Ισπανός (Ispanós)somebody from Spain
- Ισπανίδα (Ispanída)somebody from Spain
Hebrew סְפָרַדִּי, ספרדיה
- סְפָרַדִּי (s'faradí)somebody from Spain
- ספרדיה (s'faradiia)somebody from Spain
Hungarian spanyol
- spanyolsomebody from Spain
Icelandic Spánverji
- Spánverjisomebody from Spain
Italian spagnolo, spagnola
- spagnolosomebody from Spain
- spagnolasomebody from Spain
Japanese スペイン人
- スペイン人 (supeinjin)somebody from Spain
Korean 스페인인, 스페인 사람
- 스페인인 (seupeinin)somebody from Spain
- 스페인 사람 (seupein saram)somebody from Spain
Latin Hispānus, Hispāna
- Hispānussomebody from Spain
- Hispānasomebody from Spain
Latvian spānis, spānietis
- spānissomebody from Spain
- spānietissomebody from Spain
- spānietesomebody from Spain
Lithuanian ispanas, ispanė
- ispanassomebody from Spain
- ispanėsomebody from Spain
Norwegian Bokmål spanjol, spanier
- spanjolsomebody from Spain
- spaniersomebody from Spain
Persian اسپانیولی
- اسپانیولی (espâniyoli)somebody from Spain
Polish Hiszpan, Hiszpanka
- Hiszpansomebody from Spain
- Hiszpankasomebody from Spain
Portuguese espanhol, espanhola
- espanholsomebody from Spain
- espanholasomebody from Spain
Romanian spaniol, spaniolă
- spaniolsomebody from Spain
- spaniolăsomebody from Spain
Russian испа́нец, испа́нка
- испа́нец (ispánec)somebody from Spain
- испа́нка (ispánka)somebody from Spain
Scottish Gaelic Spàinneach
- Spàinneachsomebody from Spain
Slovak Španiel, Španielka
- Španielsomebody from Spain
- Španielkasomebody from Spain
Spanish español, española
- españolsomebody from Spain
- españolasomebody from Spain
- españoletesomebody from Spain
- españoletasomebody from Spain
- teulsomebody from Spain
Swahili Mhispania
- Mhispaniasomebody from Spain
Swedish spanjor, spanjorska
- spanjorsomebody from Spain
- spanjorskasomebody from Spain
Turkish İspanyol, İspanyalı
- İspanyolsomebody from Spain
- İspanyalısomebody from Spain
Ukrainian іспа́нець, іспа́нка
- іспа́нець (ispánecʹ)somebody from Spain
- іспа́нка (ispánka)somebody from Spain
Urdu ہسپانی, ہسپانوی
- ہسپانی (haspānī)somebody from Spain
- ہسپانوی (haspānvī)somebody from Spain
Vietnamese người Tây Ban Nha
- người Tây Ban Nhasomebody from Spain
Yiddish שפּאַניער
- שפּאַניער (shpanyer)somebody from Spain
Cite this entry
Spaniard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Spaniard
“Spaniard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Spaniard. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Spaniard,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Spaniard.
Source: Spaniard on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.