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English

Espanish

adj

Meaning

  1. Pronunciation spelling of Spanish, used to represent a Spanish pronunciation.

Etymology / origin

Addition of e to the English word Spanish. Many words begin with es (/es/) in Spanish that are cognate to English words beginning with s (/s/), including español (“Spanish”), and some Spanish speakers accordingly pronounce s-initial English words with es-.

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