castellano

=

Castilian

adjective

castellano, -a

adjective & masculine or feminine noun

1. Castilian

masculine noun

2. (Castilian) Spanish (lengua)

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 with either 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).

castellano [cas-teil-lyah’-no]

noun

1. Ancient Spanish coin. (m)

2. Fiftieth part of a mark of gold. (m)

3. Spanish language. (m)

4. Castellan, the governor or warden of a castle. (Obsolete) (m)

adjective

1. Castilian.

2. Applied to a mule got by a jackass and a mare.

3. Applied to the foremost mule in a cart or wagon. (Province; Provinicial)

"castellano" in the Answers forum


Q:	Unas peliculas por aprender castellano?
A:	I'm not sure about learning, but most films (DVD) have subtitles. me encanta esta pelicula y usualmiente no me gusta fantasía pero esta pelicula es marvilloso…

Q:	No hablo castellano. OR No hablo español.
A:	> No entiendo? OR No comprendo? "No entiendo" and "no comprendo" mean the same thing...you can use either.

Q:	how do you say you all in a polite format in castellano
A:	todos ustedes

Q:	Lecciones en castellano
A:	You may have swapped from learning spanish to aprendiendo inglés.

Q:	Castellano versus Español
A:	I don't know how much of South America is like this, but when we were in Argentina and Uruguay, people tended to refer to the language as Castellano.…