The “spanish” term

When using the term "Spanish" can speak of the masculine adjective applies to natural or naturalized citizens throughout the territory of Spain. In reference to native Spain, the concept encompasses cultural and social characteristics with the rest of the world associates the Spanish. For example, in places like Argentina, the Spanish is known informally as "Galician", which is actually typical of Galicia.

"Spanish" can also mean own Spanish culture or national character. In this culture practices can be counted as the bullfight, dishes like paella, national sports icons like the tennis player Rafael Nadal or Fernando Torres, artists such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Goya and Velázquez and many other distinctive features.

Finally, "Spanish" is a concept that also defines Spanish or Castilian language. Is that which is spoken in Spain and Latin America (excluding Brazil). The Spanish as a language is the most spoken language in the world after Mandarin Chinese and is one of the six official languages ​​of the United Nations (UN). The Spanish covers a family of more than 58 languages, dialects or varieties. For example, among the languages ​​derived palenquero can speak of the Chamorro or Sephardic. Recently, in addition, there was talk of Spanglish, that language morpho-syntactic mixture of English and Spanish that has spread around the world, especially in countries like Mexico that borders the United States.

As a language, owns the Spanish letter "ñ", relegated until recently with the introduction of computers and the Web.

Recognized Spanish-language authors are Miguel de Cervantes, Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel García Márquez, Julio Cortázar, Mario Vargas Llosa and others.