British vs Spanish - What's the difference?
british | spanish |
With the , the citizens or inhabitants of Britain collectively.
With the , the citizens or inhabitants of the United Kingdom collectively.
(history) The ancient inhabitants of the southern part of Britain before the Anglo-Saxon invasion, also called ancient Britons.
The Celtic language of the ancient Britons
The British English language.
Of Britain (meaning the British Isles)
Of the United Kingdom.
Of the Commonwealth of Nations, or the British Empire.
(historical) Of the ancient inhabitants of the southern part of Britain; Brythonic.
Of British English.
Of or pertaining to Spain.
* 2005 , J. P. Sullivan, Martial, the unexpected classic , page 1
Of or pertaining to the people or culture of Spain.
* 1996 , Oscar Zeta Acosta, "From Whence I Came", Oscar "Zeta" Acosta: the uncollected works , page 42
* 2007 , Lynette Rohrer Shirk, The Everything Tapas and Small Plates Cookbook , chapter 1
Of or pertaining to the language.
* 1918 , Julián Moreno-Lacalle, Elements of Spanish Pronunciation , page 12
A Romance language primarily spoken in Spain and in the Americas.
* 1873 , Frederick Marryat, Mr. Midshipman Easy , page 163'
* 1928 , (Otto Jespersen), An International Language , page 48
* 1995 , Hanna Pishwa & Karl Maroldt (editors), The Development of Morphological Systematicity , page 146
A town in Ontario, Canada
(collective plural) People of Spain, collectively.
* 1976 , Robert Rézette, The Spanish Enclaves in Morocco , page 62
People of Hispanic origin.
* 1970 , Henry Sioux Johnson, William J. Hernández-Martinez, Educating the Mexican American , page 87
As proper nouns the difference between british and spanish
is that british is with the, the citizens or inhabitants of Britain collectively while Spanish is a Romance language primarily spoken in Spain and in the Americas.As adjectives the difference between british and spanish
is that british is of Britain (meaning the British Isles while Spanish is of or pertaining to Spain.As a noun Spanish is
people of Spain, collectively.As a verb spanish is
to subject to spanishing, a printing process in which an ink is deposited on the bottoms and sides of depressions formed in a plastic material.british
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Alternative forms
* Brittish (archaic)Proper noun
(en proper noun)Adjective
(en adjective)Quotations
* (English Citations of "British")Statistics
*spanish
Adjective
(-)- Whether Martial's heart was in the Spanish highlands or whether he was happy enough in Rome will be discussed later
- Though she was Indian like the rest of us, she had a fine Spanish nose.
- Spanish cuisine is not as spicy hot as Mexican, but it is flavorful and bright.
- Fundamentally, the Spanish vowel sounds are only five, even though as a matter of fact there may be different other sounds for such vowels as [a], [e] and [o].
Quotations
* (English Citations of "Spanish")Derived terms
* spanish * Spanish Armada * Spanish chestnut * Spanish dancing * Spanish flu * Spanish fly * Spanish Guinea * Spanish influenza * Spanish Inquisition * Spanish Main * Spanish omelette * Spanish onion * Spanish Sahara * Spanish walk * Spanish Water DogProper noun
(en proper noun)- "If he speaks Spanish , my daughter can converse with him ; she has but shortly arrived from Spain."
- Therefore in Novial, as well as in Esp-Ido, we simplify the spelling in all words containing double letters in the national languages, from which the words are taken: pasa'' (E ''pass'', F ''passer''), ''efekte'', ''komun'' (F ''commun'', E ''common''), etc. In this we follow the beautiful example of Spanish''', which writes ''pasar'', ''efecto'', ''común'', etc., and even extend it to cases in which '''Spanish makes a distinction in sound and spelling, as with ''ll'' and ''rr'': ''bel'' S ''bello'', F ''belle'', ''koresponda'', S ''corresponder , etc.
- In contrast with the creole languages discussed above, the article systems of Rumanian, French, Spanish , and Portuguese are more complex, since neutralization fails to occur to a large extent.
Quotations
* (English Citations of "Spanish")Synonyms
* (language) CastilianDerived terms
* Old SpanishSee also
* (es) * Language listNoun
(en-plural noun)- The Spanish are not the only ones selling their goods along the wharves and the inner streets.
- Sixty-four percent more Spanish are functionally illiterate compared to Anglos in Lubbock (only 15 percent more of nonwhites than Anglos).
