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Ñ-shaped animation showing flags of some countries and territories where Spanish is spoken. Spanish is the official language (either by law or de facto) in 20 sovereign states (including Equatorial Guinea, where it is official but not a native language), one dependent territory, and one partially recognized state, totaling around 442 million people.
The following chart lists countries and dependencies along with their capital cities, in English and non-English official language(s). In bold : internationally recognized sovereign states The 193 member states of the United Nations (UN)
This is a ranking of languages by number of sovereign countries in which they are de jure or de facto official, although there are no precise inclusion criteria or definition of a language. An '*' (asterisk) indicates a country whose independence is disputed. Partially recognized or de facto independent countries are denoted by an asterisk (*)
The cognates in the table below share meanings in English and Spanish, but have different pronunciation. Some words entered Middle English and Early Modern Spanish indirectly and at different times. For example, a Latinate word might enter English by way of Old French, but enter Spanish directly from Latin. Such differences can introduce ...
I don't want you to lie. No temás. No temas. No temái. No temáis. Do not fear. Que durmás bien: Que duermas bien. Que durmái bien. Que durmáis bien. Sleep well. No te preocupés. No te preocupes. No te preocupís. No te preocupéis. Don't worry. 1 including areas in Colombia with voseo, e.g. the Paisa region.
The Organization of Ibero-American States also includes Spanish-speaking Equatorial Guinea, in Central Africa, [1] [2] but not the Portuguese-speaking African countries. The Latin Recording Academy , the organization responsible for the Latin Grammy Awards , also includes Spain and Portugal as well as the Latino population of Canada and the ...
Pages in category "Spanish-speaking countries and territories" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Between vowels and word-finally, /d/ commonly elides or lenites, as is common throughout the Spanish-speaking world); contado 'told' and ciudad 'city' are [konˈta.o] (contao) and [sjuˈða] (ciudá) respectively. Elision is less common in formal or upper-class speech.