What does 'gracias' mean in Spanish?
AnswerThank you
Gracias means thank you; por favor means please.
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Spanish facts & stats
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
Which punctuation mark opens a question in written Spanish?
Answer¿
Spanish questions start with an inverted question mark ¿ and end with ?.
Going deeper
Spanish developed mainly from which language?
AnswerLatin
Spanish grew out of the spoken (Vulgar) Latin of the Iberian Peninsula.
Are the days of the week normally capitalized in Spanish?
AnswerNo, they are lowercase
Spanish writes days and months in lowercase, like lunes and enero.
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.
The word 'agua' (water) takes 'el' in 'el agua'. What is its grammatical gender?
AnswerFeminine
Agua is feminine; 'el' is used before a stressed 'a' sound, but the plural is 'las aguas'.
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