On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Castilian. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as spanish and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Castilian meaning
- 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.
Synonyms of Castilian
Castilian vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Castilian
- The main meaning on this page is: 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.
- Useful related words include: spanish.
- Possible Dutch translations are: castiliaans.
- In the example corpus, castilian often appears in combinations such as: the castilian, of castilian, old castilian.
Context around Castilian
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Castilian
- In this selection, "castilian" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, use, old, considered, spanish, old and language stand out and add context to how "castilian" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a brave castilian and aragonese from castilian. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "castilian" sits close to words such as aayog, absentees and accruing, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with castilian
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Choose, each man, what best becomes a brave Castilian. (9 words)
His own Scots language is as different from English as Aragonese from Castilian. (13 words)
He returned to Castilian as the only official language of the State and education. (14 words)
A feature found only in Putèr and Vallader (as it is in Castilian Spanish) is the preposition of a direct object, when that direct object is a person or an animal, with a, as in test vis a Peider? (39 words)
In Don Quixote there are basically two different types of Castilian: Old Castilian is spoken only by Don Quixote, while the rest of the roles speak a modern version of Spanish. (31 words)
Certain regions are not considered Castilian, such as Valencia and the Balearic Islands because historically they belong to the Crown of Aragon and because their local languages are Catalan dialects. (30 words)
A feature found only in Putèr and Vallader (as it is in Castilian Spanish) is the preposition of a direct object, when that direct object is a person or an animal, with a, as in test vis a Peider? (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
Mik, born in the Basque Country: “Sometimes when speaking Catalan, I have to use Castilian to express something and then the whole conversation changes to Castilian.
In Don Quixote there are basically two different types of Castilian: Old Castilian is spoken only by Don Quixote, while the rest of the roles speak a modern version of Spanish.
The Castilian language, now usually known as "Spanish", gradually became the main language of Spain; it is still frequently called "Castilian" in Spain.
Beyond the pitch, the Castilian government in Madrid suppressed regional identities during the Franco era.
A feature found only in Putèr and Vallader (as it is in Castilian Spanish) is the preposition of a direct object, when that direct object is a person or an animal, with a, as in test vis a Peider?
After numerous difficulties, Gadifer took charge of the invasion, while Bethencourt went to the Spanish peninsula to seek the recognition and support of the Castilian king.
Also, its people are not all Castilian as there have been immigration from other regions in Spain and indeed the world.
Although Rodrigo continued to serve the Castilian sovereign, he lost his ranking in the new court which treated him at arm's length and suspiciously.
And, in Catalonia, nationalists reclaimed Catalanism from before the Hispanicization of the Catholic Monarchs in the 15th century, when the Crown of Aragon was unified with the Castilian nobility.
Certain regions are not considered Castilian, such as Valencia and the Balearic Islands because historically they belong to the Crown of Aragon and because their local languages are Catalan dialects.
Choose, each man, what best becomes a brave Castilian.
For more than four centuries of Castilian dominationi, Spanish was the only official language in Galicia.
For the provinces of the Crown of Aragon this meant the end to much of their political autonomy as they were united into a Castilian Spanish state ruled from Madrid.
He became renowned for his military prowess in these campaigns, which helped expand Castilian territory at the expense of the Muslims and Sancho's brothers' kingdoms.
Her brothers were aligned with the Trastamara faction, and became favorites of crown prince Pedro, much to the dismay of others at the Portuguese court, who considered them Castilian upstarts.
He returned to Castilian as the only official language of the State and education.
He thus continued to signal his alliance with the Castilian royal house, while abandoning any claim to the throne.
His own Scots language is as different from English as Aragonese from Castilian.
However, his attack was repelled and Castilian forces suffer heavy losses (Seventh Siege of Gibraltar).
However, the folk culture in the Madrid region is Castilian, even though the city itself has its own folklore, the chotis.
Common combinations with castilian
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the castilian 12×
- of castilian 3×
- old castilian 3×
- castilian spanish 3×
- to castilian 2×
- castilian language 2×
- in castilian 2×
- castilian king 2×
- castilian as 2×
- considered castilian 2×