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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

She, half-Spanish, carried bulk for the family and carried it well.

From The Readjustment by Irwin, Will

It was early in her life in the half-Spanish town.

From Rough-Hewn by Canfield, Dorothy

He settled at the half-Spanish town of St. Louis, and in March, 1804, was appointed by President Jefferson a second lieutenant of artillery, with orders to join Captain Lewis in his journey to the Pacific.

From American Men of Action by Stevenson, Burton Egbert