reconquista

f.

reconquest, recapture.

la reconquista (history) = the Reconquest of Spain, when the Christian Kings retook the country from the Muslims

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: reconquistar.

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reconquista

► nombre femenino

1 reconquest

2 la Reconquista the Reconquest (of Spain, from the Moors)

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SF reconquest, recapture

la Reconquista — the Reconquest ( of Spain )

RECONQUISTA The term Reconquista refers to the eight centuries during which the Christian kings of the Spanish kingdoms gradually reclaimed their country from the Moors, who had invaded the Iberian Peninsula in 711. It is generally accepted that the reconquest began in 718 with the Christian victory at Covadonga in Asturias, and ended in 1492, when Ferdinand and Isabella, the Reyes Católicos, retook Granada, the last Muslim stronghold. In the intervening centuries there had been a great deal of contact and overlap between the two cultures. Christians living under Arab rule were called mozárabes, while mudéjares were practising Muslims living under Christian rule. In contrast with the pluralistic society that had existed under the Arabs, the final years of the Reconquista were a time of great intolerance, with Arabs and Jews being forcibly converted to Christianity, after which they were known as conversos. Those refusing to be converted were expelled in 1492.

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femenino

a) (de territorio) reconquest

b) la Reconquista the Reconquest

•• Cultural note:

Reconquista

The period in Spain's history during which the Christian kingdoms slowly recovered the territories occupied by the Moslem Moors of North Africa. The Moorish invasion of the Iberian peninsula began in 711 AD and was halted at the Battle of Covadonga in Asturias, in 718. The expulsion of the last Moorish ruler of the kingdom of Granada in 1492 completed the Reconquest. The intervening 781 years saw periods of conflict and coexistence between Moors and Christians. Alliances of Moorish and Christian kingdoms against mutual enemies were not unknown

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femenino

a) (de territorio) reconquest

b) la Reconquista the Reconquest

•• Cultural note:

Reconquista

The period in Spain's history during which the Christian kingdoms slowly recovered the territories occupied by the Moslem Moors of North Africa. The Moorish invasion of the Iberian peninsula began in 711 AD and was halted at the Battle of Covadonga in Asturias, in 718. The expulsion of the last Moorish ruler of the kingdom of Granada in 1492 completed the Reconquest. The intervening 781 years saw periods of conflict and coexistence between Moors and Christians. Alliances of Moorish and Christian kingdoms against mutual enemies were not unknown

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CULTURAL NOTE

Reconquista

The period in Spain's history during which the Christian kingdoms slowly recovered the territories occupied by the Moslem Moors of North Africa. The Moorish invasion of the Iberian peninsula began in 711 AD and was halted at the Battle of Covadonga in Asturias, in 718. The expulsion of the last Moorish ruler of the kingdom of Granada in 1492 completed the Reconquest. The intervening 781 years saw periods of conflict and coexistence between Moors and Christians. Alliances of Moorish and Christian kingdoms against Christian rivals were not unknown.

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Del verbo reconquistar: (conjugate reconquistar)

reconquista es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
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reconquistar
reconquista sustantivo femenino
reconquest;

◊ la Rreconquista the Reconquest

reconquistar (conjugate reconquistar) verbo transitivo ‹territorio› to reconquer, regain;

‹cariño/afecto› to win back
reconquista sustantivo femenino
1 recapture, reconquest
2 Hist the Reconquest

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reconquista nf

1. [de territorio, ciudad] reconquest, recapture

2. Hist

la Reconquista = the Reconquest of Spain, when the Christian Kings retook the country from the Muslims

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reconquista

f reconquest