Spanish version of a Francophile

I know the word Francophile is someone who likes France and the French. I also know of Anglophiles that is a similar word for the British. Is there such a word for the Spanish though?


Iberophile seems to be commonly used to refer to a love of all things Spanish.

This book even uses "Francophile" and "Iberophile" in the same sentence.


The closest you can come is "Hispanophile," but this might restrict your love to Spain or it might mean any Spanish-speaking place, of which there are numerous outside the Iberian peninsula.


Both the Spanish Monarchy and subsequent government of Francisco Franco were generally disliked because of their extreme greed, avarice and authoritarianism. A word for "Love of Spain" therefore never came into common use. Iberophile denotes a love for Iberian culture that includes both Spain and Portugal without any political connotations.