castelhano

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === castelão (dated) === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish castellano, from Latin Castellānus < castellānus. Doublet of castelão. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɐnu Hyphenation: cas‧te‧lha‧no === Noun === castelhano m (plural castelhanos, feminine castelhana, feminine plural castelhanas) (uncountable) Castilian; Spanish (Romance language spoken in Spain and much of Latin America) Synonym: espanhol Castilian (inhabitant of Castile, Spain) (South Brazil) a Uruguayan or Argentine ==== Descendants ==== → Old Tupi: kasîana === Adjective === castelhano (feminine castelhana, masculine plural castelhanos, feminine plural castelhanas, not comparable) Castilian (of or relating to Castile, Spain) Synonym: castelão === Further reading === “castelhano”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “castelhano”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026