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castilian

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for castilian.

Editorial note

Did you mean Catalan (which is not Spanish) or Castilian Spanish?

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Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

A native of Castile.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of castilian gathered in one view.

noun

A native of Castile.

adjective

Of, from, or relating to Castile.

noun

(inexact) Synonym of Spanish, the language of Spain and its former colonies.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for castilian.

noun

A native of Castile.

adjective

Of, from, or relating to Castile.

noun

(inexact) Synonym of Spanish, the language of Spain and its former colonies.

noun

The Castilian dialect of Spanish, often (especially historically) considered the prestige dialect of Spanish.

Example sentences

1

Did you mean Catalan (which is not Spanish) or Castilian Spanish?

2

Good and fluent speakers of Portuguese, Galician and Castilian can understand each other without too much effort.

3

I like the Cibao area, more of a Castilian vibe, Spanish colonial, and not so much island culture.

4

I was trying to add the fact that translation was further done under Castilian rule.

5

For what it’s worth, Castilian sounds very odd to American ears.

6

For Spanish, I have learned to just use Castilian Spanish, most times.

7

Spanish is actually Castilian from Castile region.

8

Then the Latin Spanish subtitles will have translated that joke but replaced the specific actor with some typical father figure from the Mexican movie industry, while the Castilian subtitles would have replaced it with someone from the Spanish movie industry.

9

I barely speak Castilian Spanish (the more common one) and it was instead in Catalan Spanish, so I didn't understand a word, but stayed for the 1-2 hours it took, clapped, and skipped the handshakes/signing part of it.

10

In this case, those attempting to standardize English grammar decided double negation should be used to achieve subtle shades of positive (as in Italian) rather than negative emphasis (as in Catalan) so double negatives are not conveying nothing (unlike in French or Castilian where the standard extra negative no comunica nada ).

Quote examples

1

In Castilian Spanish it's called "imperdible" which means unlossable/unmissable, which results in the ironic occurrence of finding a lost one or losing yours.

2

In this formulation even Basque is a "Spanish language" (as a language of Spain), even though it isn't linguistically related to Castilian Spanish.

3

I usually translate into Castilian Spanish, because that seems to be the equivalent of "Vanilla" Spanish.

4

That being said, both terms "Castilian Spanish" and "Catalan Spanish" sound weird to me.

Proper noun examples

1

It doesn't appear to work if you are using google (even.com) in another language, confirmed with Spanish (Castilian).

2

So for instance, Basque is not an official language of any country (only French in France and Spanish/Castilian in Spain).

3

Catalan and Spanish (also known as Castilian) are two different languages, like French and Italian.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use castilian in a sentence?

Did you mean Catalan (which is not Spanish) or Castilian Spanish?

What does castilian mean?

A native of Castile.

What part of speech is castilian?

castilian is commonly used as noun, adjective.