# español
## Asturian
### Etymology

Compare Spanish español.

### Adjective

español m sg (feminine singular española, neuter singular español, masculine plural españoles, feminine plural españoles)
* Spanish; pertaining to Spain, its people, culture,environment or language

#### Inflection
### Noun

español m sg (feminine singular española, masculine plural españoles, feminine plural españoles)
* a Spaniard (man)

### Noun

español m (uncountable)
* Spanish, Castilian (language)

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* espanhol (reintegrationist)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese espanhol. Compare Portuguese espanhol and Spanish español.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /espaˈɲɔl/ [es̺.paˈɲɔɫ]
* Rhymes: -ɔl
* Hyphenation: es‧pa‧ñol

### Adjective

español (feminine española, masculine plural españois, feminine plural españolas)
* Spanish; pertaining to Spain, its people, culture, or language

### Noun

español m (plural españois, feminine española, feminine plural españolas)
* Spaniard (man)
* Spanish, Castilian (language)

### Further reading

* “español”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish espanyol, espanhol, espannol. Probably a thirteenth-century borrowing from Old Occitan espaignol (compare modern Occitan espanhòl, Catalan espanyol, Portuguese espanhol, French espagnol), from Vulgar Latin *Hispaniolus (“of Spain”), from Latin Hispānus, back-formed from Hispānia, assumed in comparison to Hebrew שָׁפָן (šap̄ā́n) to reflect Punic *𐤀𐤉𐤔𐤐𐤍 (*ʾyšpn /⁠*ʔī šap̄ān⁠/, literally “coast of hyraxes”).
According to phonetic rules, if inherited from Latin, the Castilian Spanish result would have been *españuelo (though some argue that this did not take root because the suffix -uelo would be perceived as diminutive; more likely, it was simply because there was no need at the time for a common secular name for all the inhabitants of Christian Iberia/Spain, and a common identity as a unified people or entity had not yet been formed. Until then, the people used cristiano (“Christian”) to refer to themselves). The word español was supposedly imported from Provence by a medieval chronicler (it was originally introduced by pilgrims in Santiago) because there was no existing translation of the earlier Roman word Hispani when writing a chronicle of Spanish history, but this was the word Provençal speakers used to refer to the Christian kingdoms of what would later become Spain. In Old Spanish there was also a form españón which disappeared after the first half of the 14th century, possibly derived from a Vulgar Latin *Hispaniōnem. Compare also espanesco, the word Mozarabic speakers used for themselves, presumably from a Vulgar Latin *Hispaniscus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /espaˈɲol/ [es.paˈɲol]
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* Rhymes: -ol
* Syllabification: es‧pa‧ñol

### Adjective

español (feminine española, masculine plural españoles, feminine plural españolas)
* Spanish (from or native to Spain)
* Spanish (pertaining to Spain or to the language)

#### Derived terms

* bandera española
* bota española
* comillas españolas
* escila española
* españolidad
* galgo español
* gripe española
* Guinea Española
* lengua de signos española
* salsa española
* tomillo español
* tortilla española

### Noun

español m (plural españoles, feminine española, feminine plural españolas)
* Spaniard (man)

#### Derived terms

* antiespañol
* español antiguo
* español mexicano
* españolado
* españolismo
* españolista
* españolizar
* mestizo de español

#### Related terms

* España
* hispano

#### Descendants

* → Kari'na: sipanijoro
* → English: Hispaniola (from the feminine española)
* → Hawaiian: Paniolo
** ⇒ Hawaiian: paniolo
*** → English: paniolo
* → Pemon: españoro, sipañoro
* → Ye'kwana: jañudu

### Noun

español m (uncountable)
* Spanish (language)
    Synonym: castellano

### References

* ↑ “español”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=uJdbJK_sl2oC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
* ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=V4f8ZpJAhgIC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
* ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=uJdbJK_sl2oC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

### Further reading

* “español”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### Anagrams

* lapones, Nápoles, nopales, pañoles, pelonas, péñolas