castellano

adj.

Castilian.

m.

1 Spanish language, Castilian, Spanish, standard form of the Spanish language as spoken in Spain.

2 Castilian, native or inhabitant of Castile.

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castellano

► adjetivo

1 Castilian

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 (persona) Castilian

► nombre masculino castellano

1 (idioma) Castilian, Spanish

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castellano

► nombre masculino

1 (idioma) Castilian, Spanish

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castellano, -a

1.

ADJ (Pol) Castilian; (Ling) Spanish

2.

SM / F Castilian

3.

SM (Ling) Castilian, Spanish

CASTELLANO In the Spanish-speaking world castellano rather than español is a very common term for the Spanish language. Under the Spanish Constitution castellano is Spain's official language, but in some of the Comunidades Autónomas it shares official status with another language. Use of one or other term in Spain will depend on where the speaker is from, and where they place themselves in the linguistic debate.

See:

ver nota culturelle LENGUAS COOFICIALES in lengua,

ver nota culturelle COMUNIDAD AUTÓNOMA in comunidad

castellanohablante

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I

-na adjetivo (de Castilla) Castilian; (español) Spanish

II

-na masculino, femenino

1) (persona) Castilian

2) castellano masculino (idioma - de Castilla) Castilian; (- español) Spanish

•• Cultural note:

castellano

In Spain the term castellano, rather than español, refers to the Spanish language as opposed to Catalan, Basque etc. The choice of word has political overtones: castellano has separatist connotations and español is considered neutral. In Latin America castellano is another term for Spanish

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I

-na adjetivo (de Castilla) Castilian; (español) Spanish

II

-na masculino, femenino

1) (persona) Castilian

2) castellano masculino (idioma - de Castilla) Castilian; (- español) Spanish

•• Cultural note:

castellano

In Spain the term castellano, rather than español, refers to the Spanish language as opposed to Catalan, Basque etc. The choice of word has political overtones: castellano has separatist connotations and español is considered neutral. In Latin America castellano is another term for Spanish

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castellano¹ -na castellano (↑ castellano a1)

adjective

(de Castilla) Castilian; (español) Spanish

castellano² -na

masculine, feminine

1 (persona) Castilian

2

castellano masculine (idioma — de Castilla) Castilian; (— español) Spanish

castellano (↑ castellano a1)

CULTURAL NOTE

castellano

In Spain the term castellano, rather than español, refers to the Spanish language as opposed to Catalan, Basque etc. The choice of word has political overtones: castellano has separatist connotations and español is considered centralist. In Latin America castellano is the usual term for Spanish.

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◊ -na adjetivo (de Castilla) Castilian;

(español) Spanish
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (persona) Castilian</e>

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castellano, -a

♦ adj

Castilian

♦ nm,f

[person] Castilian

♦ nm

[lengua] (Castilian) Spanish;

las variedades del castellano habladas en América the varieties of Spanish spoken in Latin America

CASTELLANO

Castellano (Castilian) is the official term for Spanish used in the Spanish Constitution of 1978, but “español” (Spanish) and “lengua española” (Spanish language) are often used when referring to Spanish as opposed to French, Italian or German, and also in linguistic or academic contexts. Elsewhere, the term “español” is often avoided because of its associations either with the former colonizing country (in the case of Latin America) or (in Spain) with the domination of Spanish over the other languages spoken in Spain (principally Catalan, Basque and Galician), especially as practised during the Bourbon monarchy in the 18th and 19th centuries and under Franco's dictatorship (1939-75).

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castellano

I adj Castilian

II m (Castilian) Spanish

III m, castellana f Castilian

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castellano, -na adj & n

: Castilian

castellano nm

español: Spanish, Castilian (language)

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castellano¹ adj Castilian

castellano² n

1. (persona) Castilian

2. (idioma) Castilian / Spanish