La Palabra Del Dia: "catalán"
catalán ( kah-tah-lahn' )
(adjective) Catalan
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1. Barcelona es la ciudad catalana más grande.
Barcelona is the largest Catalan city.
2. Hay aquellos que hacen campaña para la independencia catalana de España.
There are those who agitate for Catalan independence from Spain.
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Las ciudades catalanas más conocidas por el tourismo son Barcelona, Figueres, Tarragona, Girona, and Sitges.
También hay una pista de carreras muy famosa, Circuit de Catalunya.
The Catalan cities most known for tourism are Barcelona, Figueres, Tarragona, Girona, and Sitges.
There is also a very famous racetrack, The Circuit of Catalonia.
(Also these days, even in the English speaking racing world, it is better known simply as Catalunya, and note also, that in Catalan, it is Circuit, not Circuito as in Spanish, which I tend to forget and write incorrectly ' as do a good number of English speaking motor journalists.)
I don't know a lot about the Catalan culture location so I am posting a map.
No sé mucho sobre la ubicación de la cultura catalana así que aquí subo un mapa.
Uno de los productos catalanes más famosos es el equipo de fútbol FC Barcelona.
One of the most famous Catalan products is the soccer team FC Barcelona.
Cuando famoso arquitecto catalán Antoni Gaudi fue atropellado por un tranvía nadie lo reconoció. Todos pensaban que él era un mendigo a causa de sus ropas andrajosas. Los taxistas no querían llevarlo al hospital porque creían que él no tenía suficiente dinero para pagarles.
When the famous Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi was struck by a tram nobody recognized him. Because of his shabby clothes everyone thought that he was a beggar. Taxi drivers didn't want to take him to the hospital because they believed that he didn't have enough money to pay them.
La crema catalana es mi postre favorito.
Catalan cream is my favourite dessert.
En catalán Las personas les gusta eleven a grandes alturas.
De una forma u otra.
In Catalonia people like to rise to great heights .
One way or another.
Jordi Savall, un gigante de la música antigua de antaño, un investigador estimado de la música olvidada, y un siniqual maestro de Viola da Gamba sin par, se nació en Igualada, y es otro de los muchos genios catalanes genio catalán dentro muchos. ¡Ay! Escuchen el éxtasis.
Jordi Savall, a giant of ancient music, an esteemed researcher of forgotten music, and an unequaled master of the Viola da Gamba, was born in Igualada, and is another Catalan genius among so many. Just listen to such ecstasy!
"El artista Catalán más famoso era Savador Dali."
The most famous Catalan artist was Savador Dali.
He visitado Cataluña unas veces. La gente catalana siempre me ha parecido muy amable.
I've visited Catalonia a few times. Catalan/Catalonian people have always seemed very friendly to me.
"En Francia, o Cataluña norte, 260,000 personas hablan Catalán"
In France, or northern Catalonia, 260,000 people speak Catalan.
I accidentally found an interesting famous person of Catalán descent, Admiral David G. Farragut, best know for his statement "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead" at the battle of Mobile Bay during the civil war in 1864, his father was a native of Minorca, Spain, a Catalán in U.S. Naval history.
"Tengo algunas dificultades entendiendo algunos Catalanes, especialmente los señores mayores sin dientes."
I have some difficulties understanding some Catalans, especially the elderly gentlemen without teeth.
"Pero mi abuela era Gallega y también tuve problemas entenderla cuando ella no usaba la dentadura.Tal vez era los dientes y no el Catalon dialecto ? "
But my grandmother was Gallega and I also had problems understanding her when she didn't wear her dentures. Perhaps it was the teeth and not the Catalonian dialect ?
