hispano

See also: Hispano, hispano-, and Hispano-

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hisˈpano/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: his‧pa‧no

Noun

hispano (accusative singular hispanon, plural hispanoj, accusative plural hispanojn)

1. a Spaniard (person from Spain)

   Hypernym: eŭropano

2. Hispanic (Of or relating to a Spanish-speaking people or culture, as in Latin America)

   Hypernym: latinamerikano

Derived terms

• hispanino (“Spaniardess”)

Related terms

• hispana (“Spanish”)
• Hispanio (“Spain”)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Hispānus, from Hispānia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpɐ̃.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpɐ̃.nu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈpɐ̃.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpɐ.no/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iʃˈpɐ.nu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iʃˈpɐ.nu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /iʃˈpa.nu/

• Hyphenation: his‧pa‧no

Noun

hispano m (plural hispanos)

1. alternative form of hispânico

Related terms

• hispanidade

Further reading

• “hispano”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Hispānus, from Hispānia. Cf. also España, español.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /isˈpano/ [isˈpa.no]

• Audio (Spain):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: his‧pa‧no

Adjective

hispano (feminine hispana, masculine plural hispanos, feminine plural hispanas)

1. Spanish
2. Hispanic (Of or relating to a Spanish-speaking people or culture, as in Latin America)

   Los países hispanos son España y los países de América que hablan español.

   The Hispanic countries are Spain and the countries of America that speak Spanish.

3. Spanish or Hispano-American and living in the United States

Related terms

• España
• español
• hispánico
• hispano-
• latino

Further reading

• “hispano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025