Sloppy embrace, welcoming the Spanish (8)
I believe the answer is:
careless
'sloppy' is the definition.
('careless' can be similar in meaning to 'sloppy')
'embrace welcoming the spanish' is the wordplay.
'embrace' becomes 'caress' (I've seen this before**).
'welcoming' means one lot of letters goes inside another (in sense of 'inviting in').
'the spanish' becomes 'el'.
'caress' placed around 'el' is 'CARELESS'.
(Other definitions for careless that I've seen before include "Lax" , "Unconcerned; casual" , "Unthinking and irresponsible" , "Sloppy" , "Slipshod" .)