Which letter is in the Spanish alphabet but not in the English one?
AnswerÑ
Ñ (eñe) makes a 'ny' sound, as in 'España'.
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7 fact-checked facts about the Spanish language, each with the reason behind it. 5 more are in today's round and join this page after it closes.
The basics
How do you say the number three in Spanish?
AnswerTres
Uno, dos, tres: one, two, three.
Going deeper
Spanish developed mainly from which language?
AnswerLatin
Spanish grew out of the spoken (Vulgar) Latin of the Iberian Peninsula.
Spanish is also called Castilian after which historical kingdom?
AnswerCastile
Castellano takes its name from the Kingdom of Castile, where the language took shape.
Who wrote 'Don Quixote', a landmark of Spanish literature?
AnswerMiguel de Cervantes
Cervantes published Don Quixote in two parts, in 1605 and 1615.
Expert level
In which century was the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) founded?
Answer18th century
The Real Academia Española was founded in Madrid in 1713.
Many Spanish words starting with 'al-', like 'almohada' (pillow), come from which language?
AnswerArabic
'Al' is the Arabic article 'the', a legacy of centuries of Arabic in Iberia.
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