“Spanish” is the name of a widely spoken language originating from Spain and is one of the most popular languages globally. However, the word for “Spanish” can vary significantly across different languages and cultures. In this article, we’ll explore how the word for “Spanish” is expressed in 70 different languages around the world, from the most commonly spoken languages to some of the lesser-known ones.
Here is a list of how to say “Spanish” in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Spanjisht | Pronunciation: Spah-nee-sht
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – إسباني (Isbani) | Pronunciation: Is-bah-nee
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Իսպաներեն (Ispaneren) | Pronunciation: Is-pah-ne-ren
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – İspan | Pronunciation: Is-pahn
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Espainiera | Pronunciation: Es-pai-nei-rah
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Іспанская (Ispanskaya) | Pronunciation: Is-pahn-skah-yah
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – স্পেনীয় (Speniyô) | Pronunciation: Speh-nee-yoh
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Španski | Pronunciation: Shpan-skee
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Испански (Ispanski) | Pronunciation: Is-pahn-skee
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Espanyol | Pronunciation: Es-pah-nyol
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Španělština | Pronunciation: Shpa-nyehl-shtih-nah
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Spansk | Pronunciation: Spansk
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Spaans | Pronunciation: Spahns
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Spanish | Pronunciation: Span-ish
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Hispaania | Pronunciation: His-pah-nee-ah
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – اسپانیایی (Espâniyâyi) | Pronunciation: Es-pah-nee-yah-ee
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Espanja | Pronunciation: Es-pahn-yah
- French (🇫🇷) – Espagnol | Pronunciation: Es-pah-nyol
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – ესპანური (Espanuri) | Pronunciation: Es-pah-noo-ree
- German (🇩🇪) – Spanisch | Pronunciation: Shpah-nish
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Ισπανικά (Ispanika) | Pronunciation: Is-pah-nee-kah
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – ספרדית (Sfaradit) | Pronunciation: Sfah-rah-deet
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – स्पेनिश (Spanish) | Pronunciation: Spah-nish
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Spanyol | Pronunciation: Spahn-yol
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Spænska | Pronunciation: Spine-skah
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Spanyol | Pronunciation: Spahn-yol
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Spáinnis | Pronunciation: Spaw-in-ish
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Spagnolo | Pronunciation: Spahn-yoh-loh
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – スペイン語 (Supeingo) | Pronunciation: Soo-pein-go
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Испан (Ispan) | Pronunciation: Is-pahn
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – អេស្ប៉ាញ (Aespanh) | Pronunciation: Es-pahn
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 스페인어 (Seupeineo) | Pronunciation: Soo-pei-nuh
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Spanish | Pronunciation: Spanish
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Испан (Ispan) | Pronunciation: Is-pahn
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ສະເປນ (Sapene) | Pronunciation: Sa-pen
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Spāņu | Pronunciation: Spah-nyoo
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Ispanų | Pronunciation: Is-pah-noo
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Spuenesch | Pronunciation: Spu-en-esh
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Шпански (Shpanski) | Pronunciation: Shpahn-skee
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Sepanyol | Pronunciation: Seh-pahn-yol
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Spanjol | Pronunciation: Spahn-yol
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 西班牙语 (Xībānyáyǔ) | Pronunciation: Shee-bahn-yah-yu
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – स्पॅनिश (Spanish) | Pronunciation: Spah-nish
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Испани (Ispani) | Pronunciation: Is-pah-nee
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – स्पेनिश (Spanish) | Pronunciation: Spah-nish
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Spansk | Pronunciation: Spansk
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – اسپانوي (Espānowai) | Pronunciation: Es-pah-noh-way
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Hiszpański | Pronunciation: Heesh-pahn-skee
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Espanhol | Pronunciation: Es-pah-nyol
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Spaniolă | Pronunciation: Spah-nyoh-lah
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Испанский (Ispanskiy) | Pronunciation: Is-pahn-skee
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Шпански (Španski) | Pronunciation: Shpahn-skee
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – ස්පාඤ්ඤ (Spāñña) | Pronunciation: Spah-nya
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Španielsky | Pronunciation: Shpah-nyehl-skee
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Španski | Pronunciation: Shpahn-skee
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Isbaanish | Pronunciation: Is-bah-nish
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Español | Pronunciation: Es-pah-nyol
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Kihispania | Pronunciation: Kee-his-pah-nee-ah
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Spanska | Pronunciation: Spahn-skah
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Испанӣ (Ispani) | Pronunciation: Is-pah-nee
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – ஸ்பானிஷ் (Spāniṣ) | Pronunciation: Spah-nish
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – స్పానిష్ (Spāniṣ) | Pronunciation: Spah-nish
- Thai (🇹🇭) – สเปน (Sapen) | Pronunciation: Sa-pen
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – İspanyolca | Pronunciation: Is-pahn-yol-jah
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Іспанська (Ispanska) | Pronunciation: Is-pahn-skah
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – ہسپانوی (Hispānwi) | Pronunciation: His-pahn-wee
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Ispan | Pronunciation: Is-pahn
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Tây Ban Nha | Pronunciation: Tay Bahn Nyah
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Sbaeneg | Pronunciation: Spah-negg
- Zulu (🇿🇦) – Isi-Spanish | Pronunciation: Ee-see-Spah-nish