Definition

el castellano

:

(Castilian) Spanish

The term el castellano is mainly used to refer to the Spanish spoken in Spain to distinguish it from the other languages spoken in the country.

  • "Cuando los españoles conquistan América, el castellano se mezcló con las lenguas de sustrato de cada región."
  • "hacen del castellano el idioma oficial, los eruditos unifican su gramática y ortografía y lo expanden por todo el país."
  • "—¡Castellano!"
  • "Al mezclarse con las lenguas locales, el latín vulgar, es decir, el latín que hablaba el pueblo, no el idioma culto en el que se escribían los libros, formó varias lenguas, entre ellas la de la región de Castilla: el castellano."

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