half-Spanish
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a word derived from
Spanish.
Example Sentences
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Hilaria's pal added that Hilaria wants her five children -- whom she refers to as "Baldwinitos" on social media -- to "know that they are half-Spanish."
From Fox News ● Jan. 6, 2021
“I'm half-Spanish and half-Filipino,” Martinez told me in a Skype interview.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 11, 2014
I'd ruther come to close quarters with a cruiser like that there British brig than with one o' those half-Spanish West Injy picaroons.
From The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution by W. O. Stoddard
A picturesque, noticeable figure in his quaint, half-Spanish dress and his silver-decorated sombrero, bestriding the heavy Mexican saddle upon his powerful horse.
From Jessica Trent: Her Life on a Ranch by Evelyn Raymond
“Yes,” said the young man, with a sigh; and his handsome half-Spanish countenance clouded over.
From Trapped by Malays A Tale of Bayonet and Kris by Steven Spurrier