judéoespagnoladjectivecommon nounSyllable DecompositionjudéoespagnolEtymologyexpandsee Judeo- and Spanish.Definition1. A Romance language closely related to Castilian, with borrowings from Hebrew, mainly spoken in the 21st century in Israel, among certain populations of Sephardic origin. Note: some linguists confuse this language with Ladino, but others argue that the latter is primarily a written language that no longer respects Spanish syntax.linguistiqueexpandSee alsojudéo-espagnol (cn.)