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Catalonia is a region in Spain that has its own sub-government and language. Barcelona is in Catalonia. Also, they speak Catalán in Catalonia, in addition to official Spanish (Castillano) . Catalán is similar in sound to French and Spanish mixed together, though it's a unique language in its own right.
The word is the same in English, and means the same thing.
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Is catalonia a spanish speaking country?
No. Catalonia is a no-independent catalan speaking country, no spanish speaking. The biggest area of Catalonia belongs to a spanish speaking country (Spain).
What does ànims in Spanish mean?
"Ànims" doesn't exist in Spanish. In catalan (Language spoke in catalonia) is a word used to give support.
How old is Catalonia?
Catalonia is arround 1000 years old. Catalonia has been free for 700 years but then had been ocupated by the spanish for the past 303 years.
Is fabregas Spanish?
Cesc Fàbregas is spanish. He was born in Vilassar de Mar, in Catalonia.
What are 5 names of cars in spanish and what they mean in English?
Córdoba (a city in Spain, Mexico and other Spanish-American countries)Fiesta (a party)Mercedes (a woman's name, like mercy; majesty)Clío (The muse of history and heroic poetry)Ibiza (An island, and (as Ibiza Town) a city, in Catalonia)
I know that Xavi Hernandez is from Catalonia. Does he speak not only Catalan but also Spanish?
Almost everybody in Catalonia can speak spanish. They're quite close languages and anyone who's been born in Spain (including Catalonia, Aragón, Navarra...) can speak spanish. Some catalonians can't write catalonian without mistakes, tough.
Which Spanish Autonomous Region is Barcelona in?
Barcelona is in the Autonomous Region of Catalonia.
Does Catalonia have two Spanish dialects?
No. But Catalonia does have three official languages recognized. Catalan Spanish/Castillian Occitan Even though Catalan and Occitan are similar to Spanish, they are not Spanish dialects. They are both completely different languages, with unique words, verb conjugations, pronunciations, etc.
Why might some people in the Basque Country and Catalonia see themselves more as Basque and Catalan than Spanish?
Because they are nationalists who do not see themselves as Spanish. The Spanish government and monarchy do not and have never treated Catalonia and the Basque Country as equal to the rest of Spain since invading the lands centuries ago. Catalonia receiving the worst of Spain's mistreatment.
Is Barcelona in Basque County - País Vasco?
No, Barcelona is in the region of Catalonia (Cataluña in Spanish / Catalunya in Catalan). Catalan is the dominant language spoken in Barcelona, along with Spanish. Basque Country (País Vasco in Spanish / Euskadi in Basque) is a region to the west of Catalonia.
Is Barcelona Fc Spanish?
Yes, from the north eastern part called Catalonia.
Why does Barcelona speak two languages?
Barcelona is in the region of CATALONIA. People in Catalonia speak a local language, called Catalan. Derived from latin, as many meditteranean languages (Spanish, French, Italian, Romanian, Portuguese, Gallego, Occita, etc..). These are full languages, as opposed to a dialect (which is a local variation of a language). As Catalonia is a part of Spain, Spanish is also spoken by everybody in Catalonia (thus in Barcelona).
