The Spanish take a position for the girl (5)
I believe the answer is:
ellie
'girl' is the definition.
(girl's name)
'the spanish take a position' is the wordplay.
'the spanish' becomes 'el' ('the' in Spanish).
'take' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a position' becomes 'lie' (lie can mean to place or position).
'el'+'lie'='ELLIE'
'for the' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for ellie that I've seen before include "woman" , "a wake-up call" , "Little Eleanor" , "Name of girl in The Water Babies (Kingsley)" , "Diminutive girl" .)