castelán

See also: Castelan and castelàn

Galician

Alternative forms

• castelao
• castelam, castelão, castelhano (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese castelão, from Latin castellānus, corresponding to castelo +‎ -án and Castela +‎ -án. Compare Portuguese castelão.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kasteˈlaŋ/ [kɑs̺.t̪eˈlɑŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Hyphenation: cas‧te‧lán

Adjective

castelán (feminine castelá, masculine plural casteláns, feminine plural castelás)

1. Castilian

Noun

castelán m (plural casteláns, feminine castelá, feminine plural castelás)

1. Castilian (person)
2. castellan (caretaker of a castle)
3. liege

Noun

castelán m (uncountable)

1. Spanish, Castilian (language)

   Synonym: español

Related terms

• Castela

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “castelão”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “castelão”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “castelán”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “castelán”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Further reading

• “castelán”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025