Spanish Words of Catalan Origin
Questions This Article Answers
Are Spanish and Catalan the same?
Are catalán and valenciano the same?
Examples of words from catalán used in castellano?
Catalan Influence on Spanish
El catalán(Catalan) is a lengua romance(Romance language) spoken in Cataluña(Catalonia), las Islas Baleares(Balearic Islands), Andorra(Andorra), Murcia(Murcia), Franja de Aragón(La Franja), and Alguer(Alghero).
Catalan has coexisted with el castellano(Castilian, or Spanish) in the Península Ibérica(Iberian Peninsula) for centuries. Both languages have influenced one another considerably. Many of the Spanish words adapted from Catalan refer to gastronomy and manufacture.
Catalán vs. Valenciano
Valenciano(Valencian) is the official name given to the language spoken in the Comunidad Valenciana(Valencian Community) and in El Carche(Carche), Murcia. Although Valencian and Catalan speakers can understand each other, there are phonetic and lexical differences between the languages.
Adaptations, Calques, and Loanwords
- A linguistic adaptación(adaptation) is a word or phrase taken from another language but adapted to the target language for phonologic, lexical, or syntactic reasons. For example, breeze is an adaptation of the Spanish word brisa.
Spanish Words of Catalan Origin
The following words are catalanismos(words of Catalan origin adapted to Spanish).
(1) This word is of Valenciano origin.
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Catalan Loanwords in Spanish
The following list shows Catalan préstamos lingüísticos(loanwords) used in Spanish.
(2) This word comes from Old Catalan. The Modern Catalan word is faina.
(3) This word is of Valenciano origin.
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