Spanish in Different Languages
Discover 'Spanish' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Spanish
Afrikaans spaans | ||
Albanian spanjisht | ||
Amharic ስፓንኛ | ||
Arabic الأسبانية | ||
Armenian իսպաներեն | ||
Assamese স্পেনিছ | ||
Aymara ispañula | ||
Azerbaijani i̇span | ||
Bambara ɛsipaɲɔli | ||
Basque gaztelania | ||
Belarusian іспанскі | ||
Bengali স্পেনীয় | ||
Bhojpuri स्पेनिश | ||
Bosnian španski | ||
Bulgarian испански | ||
Catalan espanyol | ||
Cebuano kinatsila | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 西班牙文 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 西班牙文 | ||
Corsican spagnolu | ||
Croatian španjolski | ||
Czech španělština | ||
Danish spansk | ||
Dhivehi ސްޕެނިޝް | ||
Dogri स्पेनिश | ||
Dutch spaans | ||
English spanish | ||
Esperanto hispana | ||
Estonian hispaania keel | ||
Ewe spaniagbe | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) espanyol | ||
Finnish espanja | ||
French espagnol | ||
Frisian spaansk | ||
Galician español | ||
Georgian ესპანური | ||
German spanisch | ||
Greek ισπανικά | ||
Guarani karaiñe'ẽ | ||
Gujarati સ્પૅનિશ | ||
Haitian Creole panyòl | ||
Hausa sifeniyanci | ||
Hawaiian kepania | ||
Hebrew ספרדית | ||
Hindi स्पेनिश | ||
Hmong lus mev | ||
Hungarian spanyol | ||
Icelandic spænska, spænskt | ||
Igbo asụsụ spanish | ||
Ilocano español | ||
Indonesian orang spanyol | ||
Irish spainnis | ||
Italian spagnolo | ||
Japanese スペイン語 | ||
Javanese spanyol | ||
Kannada ಸ್ಪ್ಯಾನಿಷ್ | ||
Kazakh испан | ||
Khmer អេស្ប៉ាញ | ||
Kinyarwanda icyesipanyoli | ||
Konkani स्पेनीश | ||
Korean 스페인의 | ||
Krio spanish | ||
Kurdish îspanyolî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ئیسپانی | ||
Kyrgyz испанча | ||
Lao ສະເປນ | ||
Latin spanish | ||
Latvian spāņu | ||
Lingala espagnole | ||
Lithuanian ispanų | ||
Luganda olusupeyini | ||
Luxembourgish spuenesch | ||
Macedonian шпански | ||
Maithili स्पेनिश | ||
Malagasy fikarohana | ||
Malay sepanyol | ||
Malayalam സ്പാനിഷ് | ||
Maltese spanjol | ||
Maori paniora | ||
Marathi स्पॅनिश | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯁꯄꯦꯟꯒꯤ ꯂꯣꯜ | ||
Mizo spanish | ||
Mongolian испани | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) စပိန်ဘာသာစကား | ||
Nepali स्पेनिश | ||
Norwegian spansk | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chisipanishi | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସ୍ପାନିସ୍ | ||
Oromo ispaanishii | ||
Pashto هسپانیه ایی | ||
Persian اسپانیایی | ||
Polish hiszpański | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) espanhol | ||
Punjabi ਸਪੈਨਿਸ਼ | ||
Quechua español | ||
Romanian spaniolă | ||
Russian испанский язык | ||
Samoan sipaniolo | ||
Sanskrit स्पेनी भाषा | ||
Scots Gaelic spàinneach | ||
Sepedi sepeniši | ||
Serbian шпански | ||
Sesotho sepanishe | ||
Shona chispanish | ||
Sindhi اندلسي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ස්පාඤ්ඤ | ||
Slovak španielsky | ||
Slovenian španski | ||
Somali isbaanish | ||
Spanish español | ||
Sundanese spanyol | ||
Swahili kihispania | ||
Swedish spanska | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) kastila | ||
Tajik испанӣ | ||
Tamil ஸ்பானிஷ் | ||
Tatar испан | ||
Telugu స్పానిష్ | ||
Thai ภาษาสเปน | ||
Tigrinya ስጳኛ | ||
Tsonga spanish | ||
Turkish i̇spanyol | ||
Turkmen ispan | ||
Twi (Akan) spanish | ||
Ukrainian іспанська | ||
Urdu ہسپانوی | ||
Uyghur ئىسپانچە | ||
Uzbek ispaniya | ||
Vietnamese người tây ban nha | ||
Welsh sbaeneg | ||
Xhosa spanish | ||
Yiddish שפּאַניש | ||
Yoruba ede sipeeni | ||
Zulu ispanishi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "Spaans" also means "swollen" or "bloated". |
| Albanian | The alternative Albanian word for "Spanjisht", "Sherbe“, originally meant "the (people or language) of Serbia/Servia". |
| Arabic | الأسبانية تعني أيضًا "أشياء باهظة الثمن" في اللهجة المصرية العامية. |
| Armenian | The word |
| Azerbaijani | İspan in Azerbaijani literally means "related to Spain", and it's not to be confused with "ispaniyalı" which means "a person from Spain". |
| Basque | The Basque word '*gaztelania*' derives from the term '*gaztela*' ('the lands of castles'), referring to the Castile region of Spain. |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word "Іспанскі" can also refer to the Spanish language or people, not just to Spain. |
| Bengali | স্পেনীয় শব্দটি ল্যাটিন "হিস্পানিয়াস" থেকে এসেছে, যার অর্থ হল "খরগোশের দেশ।" |
| Bosnian | "Španski" can also mean "of or pertaining to cards" |
| Bulgarian | The word "Испански" is also used in Bulgarian to refer to the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918-1920. |
| Catalan | In the Middle Ages, the word "Espanyol" also referred to the inhabitants of the Occitan region of Languedoc, due to their proximity to Catalonia. |
| Cebuano | The word "Kinatsila" is also used to refer to the Spanish people and the Spanish culture. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "西班牙"一词来自拉丁语“Hispania”，意为“兔子的土地”。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 西班牙文來自西班牙的古稱「西班牙」，意為「西班牙的語言」 |
| Corsican | In Corsican the word "spagnolu" can also mean "strange" or "extravagant". |
| Croatian | The word "Španjolski" comes from the Italian word "Spagnuolo" or the Latin word "Hispaniōlus", meaning "Spanish". |
| Czech | Španělština also refers to the Spaniel dog breed. The origin of this double meaning is unknown. |
| Danish | In Danish, "spansk" also means "unusual" or "strange". |
| Dutch | In Dutch, the term "Spaans" can also refer to a type of paint or lacquer originating from Spain during the 16th century. |
| Esperanto | "Hispana" is also a female adjective that was borrowed into Esperanto for the purpose of indicating the nationality of a woman. |
| Estonian | The term “Hispaania keel” originally applied to the Latin spoken in former Roman province Hispania and not to Castilian (now modern Spanish) until much later. |
| Finnish | Espanja can also mean 'to become visible' in Finnish, which is related to the word 'avata' (to open), ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European '*h₂webh-', meaning 'to weave'. |
| French | Le mot "Espagnol" peut aussi désigner un type de tissu de laine ou un cheval de race ibérique. |
| German | Spanisch also means 'wall' in German and refers to the walls built to protect against the Moors. |
| Greek | "Ισπανικά" can also refer to a card game played with a Spanish deck. |
| Haitian Creole | Haitian Creole "Panyòl" derives from Spanish "Español" or French "Espagnol" and is also used to refer to the Spanish or European language in general |
| Hausa | Sifeniyanci is a Hausa word that originates from the Arabic "Isbaniyan" which also refers to the country of Spain. |
| Hawaiian | The word "Kepania" in Hawaiian also refers to a type of sweet potato. |
| Hebrew | בערבית, "ספרדית" פירושה "שפת המערב", משום שספרד נמצאת מערבית למדינות ערב. |
| Hindi | स्पेनिश शब्द का अर्थ 'इस्पानिया' से है, जो 'फोनीशियन भूमि' के लिए लैटिन है। |
| Hmong | Lus Mev can also mean 'Portuguese' or 'Mexican' in Hmong. |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian, "spanyol" can also refer to a breed of cherry originating in the Spanish region of Extremadura. |
| Icelandic | The word "spænska" may also refer to people from Spain or the Spanish language. |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "Asụsụ Spanish" literally translates to "the mouth of Spain." |
| Indonesian | Di Indonesia, 'Orang Spanyol' juga kadang digunakan untuk merujuk pada orang-orang keturunan Spanyol-Filipina yang tinggal di Indonesia. |
| Irish | The Irish word "Spainnis" (Spanish) originally meant "the language of the new people," referring to the Normans who arrived in Ireland in the 12th century. |
| Italian | In Italian, the word "spagnolo" can also refer to a type of large, reddish-brown horse. |
| Japanese | "スペイン語"はスペイン語ではなく、ポルトガル語で「スペイン語」を意味します。 |
| Javanese | Istilah Spanyol juga digunakan untuk menyebut orang atau benda yang berasal dari negara tersebut. |
| Kazakh | "Испан" is also an archaic term for a type of horse, and a Kazakh name for the male Spanish donkey. |
| Khmer | The word "អេស្ប៉ាញ" can also refer to the Spanish language or to Spain itself. |
| Korean | 스페인의는 "스페인"을 뜻하는 스페인어에서 유래된 "스페인의"를 의미하는 접미사로, "스페인식"이나 "스페인에 속한" 등의 뜻으로 사용됩니다. |
| Kurdish | Îspanyolî ('Spanish') in Kurdish can also refer to the Romansh language spoken in Switzerland, due to historical associations between the Romansh and Spanish languages. |
| Kyrgyz | In Kyrgyz, "Испанча" can also refer to the Spanish language or people of Spanish descent. |
| Latin | Spanish derives from ``Hispanus``, which is the Latin form of ``Hispania``, the name the Romans gave to the Iberian Peninsula. |
| Latvian | Vārds "spāņu" latviešu valodā var attiekties arī uz cilvēkiem, kas dzīvo Spānijā vai runā spāņu valodā. |
| Lithuanian | The word "Ispanų" can also refer to the Spanish flu or the Spanish language. |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, the word "Spuenesch" can also refer to the Luxembourgish language itself, as it is a Romance language closely related to Spanish. |
| Macedonian | Шпански (Shpanski) is also a slang term for "drunk" in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | The word "Fikarohana" in Malagasy also means "study" or "investigation". |
| Malay | The word "Sepanyol" in Malay can also refer to the language spoken in Spain, as well as the people of Spain. |
| Malayalam | The word "Spanish" is of unknown etymology, but some theories trace it to ancient Mediterranean peoples, such as the Etruscans. |
| Maltese | The word "Spanjol" in Maltese is derived from the word "Spanyol" in Spanish, meaning "Spanish". |
| Maori | The word "Paniora" also has alternate meanings in Māori slang, such as "crazy" and "drunk." |
| Mongolian | The word "Испани" (Spanish) in Mongolian is derived from the ethnonym "Испаан" (Ispan), which was used to refer to the Spanish and Portuguese. |
| Nepali | The word 'स्पेनिश' also refers to a certain variety of tobacco, a breed of sheep and a type of cherry. |
| Norwegian | Ordet «Spansk» betyr opprinnelig «romersk» eller «latinsk», og ikke «spansk». |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | Chisipanishi derives from the Portuguese-Afrikaans word "Spanjia" for "Spain" |
| Pashto | The word "هسپانیه ایی" in Pashto comes from the Middle Persian word "*spāniyaka*", which is ultimately derived from the Latin word "Hispania". The word "هسپانیه ایی" can also refer to the people or culture of Spain. |
| Polish | 'Hiszpański' comes from the Italian 'Hispano' ('Spain', 'Spanish'), which, turn, comes from 'Hispalis', the former name for Seville. Therefore, the name of modern Spain and the demonym 'Spanish' ultimately come from the name Seville. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Espanhol" deriva do latim "Hispaniolus" (relativo a "Hispânia", Península Ibérica) e também significa "espada" (ferramenta de corte). |
| Romanian | "Spaniolă" can refer to the Spanish language or to the people of Spain, or to the 1918 flu pandemic in Romania. |
| Russian | The Russian equivalent of "Hispanic," "испаноязычный," can sometimes be interpreted as referring to all Latinx language speaking peoples of the Americas. |
| Samoan | In Samoan, the word "Sipaniolo" can also refer to people from the Philippines or other Spanish-speaking countries. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "Spàinneach" derives from a root meaning "hispanus", a term referring to someone from or connected to "Hispania" — the ancient name used by the Romans for the Iberian Peninsula. |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "шпански" can also refer to the "spa" wellness treatment. |
| Sesotho | The word 'Sepanishe' in Sesotho is derived from the Spanish word 'España', which means 'Spain' in English. |
| Shona | The word “ChiSpanish” also refers to the language commonly used by people of Hispanic origin, who live mainly in the central provinces of Manica, Sofala, and Zambezia. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 斯佩恩在僧伽罗语中也是“西班牙”的意思。 |
| Slovak | "Španielsky" pôvodne znamenalo „patríci Rímskej ríši". |
| Slovenian | "Španski" also means "pertaining to a deck of cards" in Slovenian. |
| Somali | The word "Isbaanish" derives from the Arabic "Isbaniyah," also the origin of the English word "Spain."} |
| Spanish | La palabra "Español" también puede referirse a la lengua española o a una persona de habla española. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "Kihispania" is derived from the Arabic word "Hispania", which means "land of the rabbits". |
| Swedish | In Swedish, "Spanska" can also refer to the game "shuffleboard" or a "spanner" (tool). |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In the context of the Philippines, “Kastila” can also refer to the “Spanish East Indies,” the name of the Spanish colony that once administered the Philippines. |
| Tajik | Испанӣ is also used to refer to a kind of dance in Tajik. |
| Thai | ภาษาสเปน เป็นคำยืมมาจากโปรตุเกส "Espanha" ซึ่งแผลงมาจากภาษาละติน "Hispania" ที่แปลว่า "ดินแดนของชาวไอบีเรียน" |
| Turkish | İspanyol kelimesi Latincedeki 'Hispania' kelimesinden gelmektedir. |
| Ukrainian | Іспанська also refers to a Spanish dance with fast footwork and castanets. |
| Urdu | The term "ہسپانوی" can also refer to the people of Spain or the Spanish language. |
| Uzbek | "Ispaniya" sözcüğünün Özbekçedeki anlamı "İspanyolca" anlamı dışında "hisli, sevimli" anlamlarına da gelir. |
| Vietnamese | The word "người Tây Ban Nha" in Vietnamese can also refer to people from other Spanish-speaking countries, such as Mexico, Argentina, or Colombia. |
| Yiddish | שפּאַניש alternatively refers to a Sephardic Jewish person of Spanish descent, or to a person from Spain; it also can refer to the Ladino language spoken by Sephardic Jews. |
| Yoruba | 'Ede Sipeeni' is possibly derived from 'Sipeeni,' the Yoruba name for the Spaniards during the slave trade era due to their use of sabres |
| Zulu | ISpanishi (Spanish) also refers to a type of dance popular in the 1920s and 30s in South Africa. |
| English | The word "Spanish" can also refer to the people or culture of Spain. |