How to Use Spanish in a Sentence

Spanish

noun
  • In Spanish, there are two different words for the verb to be.
    Samantha Leal, Travel + Leisure, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Want to watch the Spain vs. England soccer game in Spanish?
    Tim Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Aug. 2023
  • In audio of the 911 call, Castro can be heard in the background screaming for help in Spanish.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Students will be taught half the day in English and half the day in Spanish, with the goal of being able to read, write and speak in both languages.
    Daniel Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Like the album title suggests in Spanish, the project was a thrilling start for Frontera.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Customers whose phones are set to the Spanish language will get the message in Spanish.
    Rebecca Santana, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2023
  • But the most haunting place in the collection was Estación Canfranc, high in the Spanish Pyrenees.
    Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2024
  • Phones that are programmed to Spanish will see the same message in their preferred language.
    Solcyre Burga, TIME, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Aquino said his daughters often speak Spanish with some of the other students at school.
    Maya Lora, Baltimore Sun, 28 Aug. 2023
  • My dreams are to represent the Latina women in film, both in English and Spanish.
    Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2024
  • All of these free resources are available in English and Spanish on Sesame's website.
    Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Performing mostly in Spanish, the 30-year-old King of Trap has shown that Latin music is now a mainstream genre.
    Lisette Voytko-Best, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Over the years, Barbi’s children have wondered if there is an elf who speaks Italian, why there isn’t one who speaks Spanish?
    Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Miami is so fun and so crazy, so Spanish, so much dancing, so many people speak in Spanish, in like the streets.
    Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Hunters come to subdue the feral descendants of goats and pigs introduced by the Spanish.
    Carina Del Valle Schorske, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Her father is both Dutch and Swiss, while her mother is English and Spanish, per her website.
    Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2023
  • In the clip, Benito squares up against his own clone, trading insults in both English and Spanish.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2023
  • A lot of people call her mariposa, which is ‘butterfly’ in Spanish.
    Chloe Schama, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2023
  • His first win on the circuit would not arrive until six years and 185 starts later at the Spanish Open last October.
    Jack Bantock, CNN, 2 Feb. 2024
  • One of his workers, who is Latin American and spoke with them in Spanish, told him the migrants had just crossed from Canada and were looking for work.
    Luis Ferré-Sadurní, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Fremaux was interviewed in Spanish talking with the marked Porteño accent of Buenos Aires.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The Spanish then founded the first and oldest city in America, St. Augustine, in 1565.
    CBS News, 9 Oct. 2023
  • His mother, the daughter of Jewish immigrants from the Greek island of Rhodes, taught Spanish at a local high school.
    Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 11 July 2023
  • There are three types of tarragon: French, Russian, and Mexican (aka Spanish).
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 July 2024
  • This is a book in Spanish written about mostly Spanish-language artists.
    Isabelia Herrera, Pitchfork, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Smith said officers found that man outside and gave him orders in English and Spanish.
    Emily Davies, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The prose, translated from the Spanish by Natasha Wimmer, is sublime, profane, and propulsive.
    The New Yorker, 9 July 2023
  • Books in English and Spanish can also be purchased online at uwsd.org/raa.
    Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2024
  • This version was translated and adapted from the Spanish by John Newton.
    Clara Laguna, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Maria filmed Mildred and the other foster children singing songs in Spanish in the family’s minivan.
    Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 21 July 2023

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'Spanish.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: