Hispanic

See also: hispanic

English

Etymology

From Latin hispānicus, from Hispānia (“Iberia”) + -icus.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪˈspænɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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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

 

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 (gl) German: spanisch (de) (of Spain), lateinamerikanisch (de) (of Central and South America), hispanoamerikanisch Italian: ispanico (it) Portuguese: hispânico (pt) m Romanian: hispanic (ro) Spanish: hispánico (es)

Noun

Hispanic (plural Hispanics)

1. A native or descendant of a Spanish-speaking country.
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

 

References

1. Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “Hispanic (adj.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.