Judge from Spain comes across the wrong way (6)
I believe the answer is:
esteem
'judge' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'spain comes across the wrong way' is the wordplay.
'spain' becomes 'e' (abbreviation for Espana).
'comes across' becomes 'meets' ('meet' can be a synonym of 'come across').
'the wrong way' says the letters should be written backwards.
'meets' in reverse letter order is 'steem'.
'e'+'steem'='ESTEEM'
'from' is the link.
(Other definitions for esteem that I've seen before include "Honour - regard" , "Admiration, regard" , "Floor covering" , "Revere - prize" , "Consider" .)