# espanhol
## Galician
### Adjective

espanhol m or f (plural espanhóis, reintegrationist norm)
* reintegrationist spelling of español

### Noun

espanhol m (plural espanhóis, feminine espanhola, feminine plural espanholas, reintegrationist norm)
* reintegrationist spelling of español

### Further reading

* “espanhol” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* espanol, espannol, spanhol, yspañol

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /espaˈɲɔl/
* Rhymes: -ɔl
* Hyphenation: es‧pa‧nhol

### Adjective

espanhol m or f (plural espanhoes)
* 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)
* 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

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

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* hespanhol (obsolete)

### 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: /is.pɐ̃ˈɲɔw/ [is.pɐ̃ˈj̃ɔʊ̯], /es.pɐ̃ˈɲɔw/ [es.pɐ̃ˈj̃ɔʊ̯]
* (Brazil) IPA: /is.pɐ̃ˈɲɔw/ [is.pɐ̃ˈj̃ɔʊ̯], /es.pɐ̃ˈɲɔw/ [es.pɐ̃ˈj̃ɔʊ̯]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /iʃ.pɐ̃ˈɲɔw/ [iʃ.pɐ̃ˈj̃ɔʊ̯], /eʃ.pɐ̃ˈɲɔw/ [eʃ.pɐ̃ˈj̃ɔʊ̯]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /es.pɐˈɲɔw/ [es.pɐˈɲɔʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.pɐˈɲɔl/ [(i)ʃ.pɐˈɲɔɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.pɐˈɲɔl/ [(i)ʃ.pɐˈɲɔɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.pɐˈɲɔ.li/
* (Northeast Brazil) IPA: /ɪs.pɐ̃ʲ̃.ˈj̃ɔw/, /ɪʃ.pɐ̃ʲ̃.ˈj̃ɔw/
* Hyphenation: es‧pa‧nhol

### Adjective

espanhol (feminine espanhola, masculine plural espanhóis, feminine plural espanholas)
* Spanish (of or relating to Spain, its people or culture)
* Spanish (of or relating to the Spanish language)

### Noun

espanhol m (plural espanhóis, feminine espanhola, feminine plural espanholas)
* Spaniard (person from Spain)
* (uncountable) 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 Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “espanhol”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “espanhol”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025