anti-Spanish
- a word derived from Spanish.
Example Sentences
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As anti-Spanish independence fervor gripped Mexico in the early 19th century, some feared that independistas would desecrate the remains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2021
In 1816 an anti-Spanish uprising in Argentina began and soon spread to the other colonies.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
Although the anti-Spanish proposal came to nothing, the Moroccan ambassador sailed in an English fleet later that year that attacked Lisbon with the support of the Moroccan ruler, Mulay Ahmed al-Mansur.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2016
A novelist turned historian, she tells Bolívar's story wonderfully, though specialists have noted factual errors and anti-Spanish bias.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 15, 2013
The fall of Antwerp had doomed all projects of anti-Spanish unity.
From Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day by Cammaerts, Emile