Pick of the Spanish, Italian, and English (5)
I believe the answer is:
elite
'pick' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'the spanish italian and english' is the wordplay.
'the spanish' becomes 'el' (**).
'italian' becomes 'it'.
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'el'+'it'+'e'='ELITE'
'of' is the link.
(Other definitions for elite that I've seen before include "12 letters = 1 inch (type)" , "Top group f" , "Select body, cream" , "Aristocratic" , "Exclusive set" .)