- relating to, characteristic of, or derived from Spain or Spanish-speaking countries
- US a person of Latin-American or Spanish descent living in the US
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
His•pan•ic /hɪˈspænɪk/USA pronunciation
adj.
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Language Varietiesof Spain or Spanish-speaking countries.
- Language Varietiesof Hispanics.
n. [countable]
- Language Varietiesa U.S. citizen or resident of Spanish or Latin-American descent.
His•pan•ic
(hi span′ik),USA pronunciation adj.
n.
His•pan′i•cal•ly, adv.
- Language VarietiesSpanish.
- Language VarietiesLatin American:the United States and its Hispanic neighbors.
n.
- Language VarietiesAlso, Hispano. Also called Hispan′ic Amer′ican. an American citizen or resident of Spanish or Latin-American descent.
- Latin hispānicus. See Hispania, -ic
- 1575–85
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Hispanic /hɪˈspænɪk/ adj
'Hispanic' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Anglo
- HF
- Hispanicism
- Hispanicist
- Hispanicize
- Hispano
- h'm
- non-Hispanic
- pre-Hispanic
- trans-Hispanic
- HM