Meaning & use
Spanish flyer
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Meanings
nouncountable
A pilot or passenger who comes from Spain, or an aircraft registered or operated in Spain.
Grammar: Countable: use an or an in the singular and add -s for more than one, as in two Spanish flyers.
Patterns
- a Spanish flyer from Madrid
- the Spanish flyer on board
The Spanish flyer landed the plane safely despite the strong crosswind.
A Spanish flyer sitting next to me explained the route in detail.
The airline hired a Spanish flyer to train its new cabin crew.
nouncountable
A printed sheet or small advertisement written in the Spanish language.
Grammar: Countable and common in marketing talk; it often appears with hand out or distribute.
Patterns
- hand out a Spanish flyer
- a Spanish flyer advertising something
Volunteers handed out a Spanish flyer about the free health clinic.
The restaurant printed a Spanish flyer for its new lunch menu.
Someone pushed a Spanish flyer through every door on our street.
Word forms
| plural | Spanish flyers |
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Common combinations
- hand out a Spanish flyer
- Students handed out a Spanish flyer at the entrance to the station.
- a Spanish flyer advertising something
- I kept a Spanish flyer advertising the summer festival.
- a Spanish flyer from Madrid
- A Spanish flyer from Madrid joined our flying club last month.
- print a Spanish flyer
- We need to print a Spanish flyer before the open day.
Synonyms and how they differ
- Spaniard
- Use Spaniard for a person from Spain in general; a Spanish flyer only fits if the person actually flies.
- leaflet
- Leaflet is the general word for a printed sheet; a Spanish flyer specifically says the sheet is in Spanish.
- pilot
- Pilot names the job; a Spanish flyer adds nationality and can also mean a passenger or an aircraft.
Word family
Commonly confused: Spanish flyer or Spanish fly? Spanish flyer or flier?
Spanish flyer vs Spanish fly
Spanish fly is the name of a dried beetle once used as a medicine; Spanish flyer is not the same thing and refers to a person, aircraft, or printed sheet.
Spanish flyer vs flier
Flier is a common American spelling of the same word as flyer; both are accepted, though flyer is more usual in British English.
Practice
Which sentence uses "Spanish flyer" most naturally?
Choose one answer.
A Spanish flyer is a printed sheet in Spanish, so option A fits the context of handing something out. Option B uses the wrong form, option C uses the country name instead of the adjective, and option D means a kind of beetle, not a leaflet.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “Spanish flyer”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.