castilian

/kəˈstɪljən/

name 2noun 1adj 1

Collocations

ADJ.

similar, spanish, spanish

VERB + CASTILIAN

book

CASTILIAN + NOUN

japanese

PREP.

from

Definitions

name

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

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

noun

A native of Castile.

adj

Of, from, or relating to Castile.

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When Spain colonized the Philippines, they were administrated by Mexico City. So it was Mexican Spanish, not Castilian Spanish, that influenced Tagalog.

Tatoeba · #799842

There are a lot of languages similar to Castilian.

Tatoeba · #4856356

It was Mr Hino that translated the book from Castilian to Japanese.

Tatoeba · #13611824

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