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ESTA
(es-TAH)
Spanish
word for ‘this’
Common
clues:
Spanish
101 word; This, in Toledo; This, in Mexico; “Como ___
usted?”; Spanish pronoun; Are, in Argentina; Juanita's
“this”
Crossword
puzzle frequency:
8 times a year
Video: Spanish
101 - Greetings
Spanish
(espanol) or Castilian (castellano) is an Iberian Romance
language. It is the most-widely spoken Romance Language, and the
fourth most-widely spoken language in the world according to some
sources, while other sources list it as the second or third most
spoken language. It is spoken as a first language by about 402
million people, and by a total of 500 million including
non-native speakers.
Dark
green : main language is Spanish.
Green
: Bélize and Western Sahara, large community of Spanish
speaker (~ 40% -> 50%)
Light
green : southwestern USA and Florida, between 10% and 30%,
Philippines.
Originating
in Spain and whence it was later brought by Spanish explorers,
colonists, and empire-builders to the Western Hemisphere and
other parts of the world during the last five centuries, Spanish
is one of the top five most spoken languages worldwide, and is
one of the six official working languages of the United Nations.
Its importance also resides in the international expansion and
recognition of Spanish language literature, film industry,
television industry (especially telenovelas), and music industry
within the globalized market.
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article is licensed under the GNU
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It uses material from the Wikipedia
article "Spanish language".
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