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# spaniard

«spaniard» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person from Spain** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a Spaniard, Spaniards)

### meaning for a pupil

A person from Spain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spaniard/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In history and geography lessons, Spaniards such as Christopher Columbus's crews (though he was Italian) and later explorers sailed to the Americas; today Spaniards speak Spanish, Catalan, Basque and Galician. In everyday talk, «a Spaniard» means a Spanish person.

### examples

- My football coach is a Spaniard from Valencia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spaniard/#x1)
- Rafael Nadal is a famous Spaniard who plays tennis. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spaniard/#x2)
- The Spaniards built forts across Central and South America. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spaniard/#x3)
- Two Spaniards and a Portuguese sailor joined the crew. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spaniard/#x4)
- Many Spaniards eat dinner late in the evening. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spaniard/#x5)
- The Spaniard on our team scored two goals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spaniard/#x6)
- "It might be an Italian or a Spaniard," remarked the clergyman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spaniard/#x7)

### note

Always with a capital S. Adjective is «Spanish», not «Spaniard»: «a Spanish town», «the Spanish people». Do not confuse with «spaniel» (a dog breed, whose name comes from Spain too).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «spaniard» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spaniard/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.