catalán

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See also: catalan, Catalan, and Catalán

Asturian

Etymology

From Catalan català (adjective), Catalunya (noun).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kataˈlan/,
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Hyphenation: ca‧ta‧lán

Adjective

catalán m sg (feminine singular catalana, neuter singular catalán, masculine plural catalanes, feminine plural catalanes)

  1. Catalan (of or pertaining to Catalonia)
    El nacionalismu catalán dixébrase pocu d'otros en cuántes a que ye la nación d'un romanticismu burgués y a vegaes rensiosu.
    Catalan nationalism differs little from other nationalisms in that it is the offspring of a bourgeois and, at times, hateful, romanticism

Inflection

gend/num singular plural
masculine catalán catalanes
feminine catalana catalanes
neuter catalano -

Noun

catalán m sg (feminine singular catalana, masculine plural catalanes, feminine plural catalanes)

  1. a Catalan (person)
    Hebo un discutiniu ya fai dellos años porque un conceyal separatista nun pueblu catalán emplegara tópicos anti-asturḷḷioneses por burḷḷase de la relativa probedá n'Estremadura.
    There was a controversy some years ago because a separatist councilman in a Catalan town made use of anti-Asturleonese stereotypes to mock the relative poverty of Extremadura

catalán m (uncountable)

  1. Catalan (language)
    El catalán ye una de les ḷḷingües falaes en Cataluña y polo xeneral na fastiera este la península ibérica, aseméyase abondo col occitanu, y xébrenla d'aquesti dellos rasgos estremaos
    Catalan is one of the languages spoken in Catalonia and in the eastern side of the Iberian peninsula in general, it is closely-related to Occitan, and is distinguished from this language by various unique traits

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Catalan català (adjective), Catalunya (noun).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kataˈlaŋ/
  • Rhymes: -aŋ
  • Hyphenation: ca‧ta‧lán

Adjective

catalán (feminine catalá, masculine plural cataláns, feminine plural catalás)

  1. Catalan

Noun

catalán m (plural cataláns, feminine catalá, feminine plural catalás)

  1. Catalan person

Noun

catalán m (uncountable)

  1. Catalan; the language of Catalonia

Spanish

Etymology

From Catalan català (adjective), Catalunya (noun).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kataˈlan/
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  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: ca‧ta‧lán

Adjective

catalán (feminine catalana, masculine plural catalanes, feminine plural catalanas)

  1. Catalan, Catalonian

Derived terms

Noun

catalán m (uncountable)

  1. Catalan (language)

Meronyms

Noun

catalán m (plural catalanes, feminine catalana, feminine plural catalanas)

  1. Catalan (person)
    Synonym: (Spain, offensive, derogatory, vulgar, slang) polaco

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