espanhol

See also: espanhòl

Galician

Adjective

espanhol m or f (plural espanhóis, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of español

Noun

espanhol m (plural espanhóis, feminine espanhola, feminine plural espanholas, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of español

Further reading

• “espanhol”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• espanol, espannol, spanhol, yspañol

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan espaignol, from Vulgar Latin *Hispaniolus, from Latin Hispānus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /espaˈɲɔl/
• Rhymes: -ɔl
• Hyphenation: es‧pa‧nhol

Adjective

espanhol m or f (plural espanhoes)

1. Iberian (of or pertaining to the Iberian Peninsula)
   • c. 14th–15th century, Francisco de Melgaço, transl., Vida de Sam Bernardo, book II, Alcobaça, translation of Vita prima Bernardi by William of St-Thierry, page 45r; republished as Lawrence A. Sharpe, editor, The Old Portuguese Vida de Sam Bernardo, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1971, →ISBN, page 109:

     Esta posuya o demonio o quall ora falava linguoa italiana ora spanhol.

     She was possessed by the devil, who would sometimes speak the Italian language, sometimes the Iberian one.

Noun

espanhol m or f (plural espanhoes)

1. Iberian (native to the Iberian Peninsula)
   • 13th century, João Baveca, Pero danbroa sſodes mayordomo; republished as Angelo Colocci, compiler, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Italy, c. 1525–1526, cantiga 1457:

     E deſes uossos narizs / Logmifico seu cuu q̃bramtadassy q̃ / Ja senp̃ aya deſpanoes medo

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

• Espanha

Descendants

• Fala: español
• Galician: español
• Portuguese: espanhol

References

• Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2025), “espanhol”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “espan?ol”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “spa[ñn+h?o]”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2025), “espanhol”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• hespanhol (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese espanhol (“Iberian”), from Old Occitan espaignol, from a Vulgar Latin *Hispaniolus, from Latin Hispānus. Compare Galician and Spanish español. Doublet of hispano.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.pɐ̃ˈɲɔw/ [is.pɐ̃ˈj̃ɔʊ̯], /es.pɐ̃ˈɲɔw/ [es.pɐ̃ˈj̃ɔʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.pɐ̃ˈɲɔw/ [is.pɐ̃ˈj̃ɔʊ̯], /es.pɐ̃ˈɲɔw/ [es.pɐ̃ˈj̃ɔʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.pɐ̃ˈɲɔw/ [iʃ.pɐ̃ˈj̃ɔʊ̯], /eʃ.pɐ̃ˈɲɔw/ [eʃ.pɐ̃ˈj̃ɔʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.pɐˈɲɔw/ [es.pɐˈɲɔʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.pɐˈɲɔl/ [(i)ʃ.pɐˈɲɔɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.pɐˈɲɔl/ [(i)ʃ.pɐˈɲɔɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.pɐˈɲɔ.li/

• Hyphenation: es‧pa‧nhol

Adjective

espanhol (feminine espanhola, masculine plural espanhóis, feminine plural espanholas)

1. Spanish (of or relating to Spain, its people or culture)
2. Spanish (of or relating to the Spanish language)

Noun

espanhol m (plural espanhóis, feminine espanhola, feminine plural espanholas)

1. Spaniard (person from Spain)

Noun

espanhol m (uncountable)

1. Spanish (Romance language spoken in Spain and much of Latin America)

   Synonym: castelhano

Derived terms

• espanglês
• espanholado
• espanholice
• espanholismo
• espanholizar

Related terms

• Espanha

Further reading

• “espanhol”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “espanhol”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “espanhol” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “espanhol”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “espanhol”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025, →ISBN
• “espanhol”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025