Langfocus Spanish

Spanish language is called (both in Spain and in some Latin American countries) another name, apart from "español"

• españa

• castilla

• castellano

• castillano

Spanish is an official language in ___ countries

• 21

• 44

• 28

• 193

Spanish evolved from ___

• Latin

• Arabic

• Sanskrit

• Italian

The name of the language, "castellano", comes from the Central Spanish region, called ___

• Lazio

• Spain

• Sangría

• Castille (Castilla)

Around ______ % of modern Spanish words come from Arabic

• 40 %

• 50 %

• 8 %

• 80 %

Spanish spread to other continents after the ___ century AD (Christian era)

• 14th

• 15th

• 19th

• 9th

The largest Spanish speaking country today is ___, with over 130 million speakers

• Russia

• Mexico

• Brazil

• Spain

Spanish shares vocabulary with English. These shared words are called ___, and they help us guess meanings correctly many a times

• good friends

• false friends

• cognates

El presentador del video se llama ___ The video presenter's name is ___

• Pablo

• Paul

• Albert

• Javier

El profesor se llama ___ Your teacher's name is ___ (type below)