Language/Spanish

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Facts about Spanish

• Language code (ISO 639-3): spa
• Autonyms (how to write "Spanish" in Spanish): Español / Castellano
• Other names for "Spanish": Castilian, Español, Castellano, Castillan, Espagnol
• The Spanish language is spoken in: Spain

Spanish is a Romance language that originated in the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. Today, it is a global language with nearly 500 million native speakers, mainly in Spain and the Americas. It is the world's second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese, and the world's fourth-most spoken language overall after English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindi.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language

Spanish Dictionaries

• Real academia española: dictionaries & grammars edited by the Royal Spanish Academy

• Diccionario de la lengua española: dictionary of the Spanish language, meanings & etymology

• Diccionario esencial de la lengua española: essential dictionary of the Spanish language (2006)

• Diccionario panhispánico de dudas

• Online etymological dictionary of Spanish

• DeChile.net: Diccionario etimológico: etymological dictionary of Spanish & Chilian

• Clave: Spanish dictionary (meanings) & synonyms, antonyms

• Diccionarios (Vox & Larousse): meanings in Spanish, synonyms & antonyms, Spanish-English dictionary & Catalan, French, German (free limited access)

• WordReference: Spanish meanings & synonyms & English-Spanish dictionary or Portuguese, French

• Reverso: Spanish-English dictionary & words in context

• OpenSpanish: Spanish-English dictionary

• Wordmagic: Spanish-English dictionary

• El País: meanings in Spanish, synonyms & antonyms, Spanish-English dictionary

• Iate: multilingual terminological dictionary (European Union)

• Diclib: words in their context, in the Spanish press (+ audio)

• Spanish synonyms (Signum)

• Lenguaje.com: Spanish thesaurus, synonyms & antonyms (Signum)

• Diccionario de sinónimos diferenciados: dictionary of des synonyms for learners, by Santiago de la Torre Moral (2020)

• Diccionario de sinonimos, antonimos y paronimos usos de la lengua española: dictionary of synonyms, antonyms & Spanish-English-French-German vocabulary (2008)

• Spanish-English picture dictionary by J. D. Alexander (2007)

• Pequeño Larousse ilustrado: Spanish illustrated dictionary (1916)

• Loecsen: Spanish-English common phrases (+ audio)

• Goethe-Verlag: Spanish-English common phrases & illustrated vocabulary (+ audio)

• Learn Spanish: common & familiar expressions (+ audio) (BBC)

• Tatoeba: sentences in Spanish, with translation (audio)

• 1000 images on the tip of my tongue: Spanish expressions with equivalent meanings in English & French

• LanguageGuide: pictorial vocabulary

Sources

https://www.lexilogos.com/english/spanish_dictionary.htm

Free Spanish Lessons

• Grammar Lessons

• Vocabulary Lessons

• Pronunciation Lessons

• Culture Lessons

Language Exchange

• Find members TEACHING Spanish

• Find members LEARNING Spanish

Forum

• SHARE ideas about Spanish

• Ask a QUESTION about Spanish

Tools

• Have your text CORRECTED in Spanish

• VIDEOS to learn Spanish

Marketplace

• Buy or Sell SERVICES related to Spanish

Spanish Online Virtual Keyboard

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