$hash{$italian} = [ $spanish ];
####
$hash = ( uno => [ 'uno' ],
due => [ 'dos' ],
# and so on
);
####
# by assigning directly to the second element of the sub-array
$hash{$italian}[1] = $french;
# or by dereferencing the sub-array pointed to by the hash value
# and pushing the new value onto the end of that array
push @{$hash{$italian}}, $french;
# Either way, you'll end up with:
$hash = ( uno => [ 'uno','un' ],
due => [ 'dos','deux' ],
# and so on
);
####
for my $key (keys %hash){
print $key, ' => ', join ' , ', @{$hash{$key}}; # dereference sub-array
print "\n";
}