Greeting the Spanish commended at first — in women, mostly (7)
I believe the answer is:
welcome
'greeting' is the definition.
(welcome is a kind of greeting)
'the spanish commended at first in women mostly' is the wordplay.
'the spanish' becomes 'el'.
'at first' says to take the initial letters.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'mostly' means to remove the last letter.
The first letter of 'commended' is 'c'.
'el'+'c'='elc'
'women' with its last letter taken off is 'wome'.
'elc' placed inside 'wome' is 'WELCOME'.
(Other definitions for welcome that I've seen before include "vales is delightful!" , "Hail" , "Greet upon arrival" , "Greet warmly" , "Kindly reception" .)