How to Use Catalan in a Sentence

Catalan

noun
  • Alexis Catalan, a high school senior in San Jose, was one of the lucky ones.
    Molly Gibbs, The Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2024
  • This was the first time the Socialists led a Catalan election in both votes and seats won.
    Joseph Wilson, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 May 2024
  • End-to-end soccer might be great for the neutral, but the Catalan coach believes winning is about controlling the game.
    Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • But just in case, a little card comes with every order of the Catalan classic pa amb tomàquet.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Antoni Gaudí, the Catalan architect whose work can be seen around Barcelona, designed the famous church.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2024
  • The word Garnacha most likely comes from the Catalan word garnaxa, used to describe a deep garnet color.
    Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 9 Aug. 2024
  • The nationalists in Vox — who called for the Catalan movement to be put down by any means necessary — soaked up support.
    Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 24 July 2023
  • Yet the amnesty for Catalan separatists who sought to break away from Madrid six years ago is widely unpopular in Spain.
    Beatriz Ríos, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
  • But the Catalan capital is not the only place where Spanish locals are fighting back against overtourism.
    Armani Syed, TIME, 8 July 2024
  • The term 'untouchable' is often used by the Catalan and Spanish press to describe a star whose role in the first team is undisputed and who will not be sold under any circumstances.
    Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
  • That switch, from the Catalan capital to its French counterpart, was only the second major move Messi had made in his life up until then.
    Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Barcelona, Spain The Catalan capital has become something of a poster child for overtourism, but that doesn’t get in the way of our readers’ appreciation.
    Peter Terzian, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024
  • Sara represents a promising voice of the new generation of Catalan filmmakers who’re committed to sharp humor that shines a light on the shadows in all of us.
    Holly Jones, Variety, 28 Sep. 2023
  • As happened with the first, the second season will be exclusively released on Prime Video and Catalan streaming service 3Cat, scheduled for this year.
    Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 19 Mar. 2024
  • There are 22 Catalan productions at San Sebastian this year.
    Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Sep. 2024
  • This distinct, sparkling wine hails from Spain, specifically the Catalan wine regions surrounding Barcelona.
    Jamie Ditaranto, Travel + Leisure, 21 July 2023
  • News service Reuters somehow managed to conflate squad value with depth when reporting on comments from the Catalan coach in February.
    Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Investigators seized nine artworks during a raid of an apartment in the city of Zaragoza, northern Spain, according to Catalan police.
    Christy Choi, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024
  • So here, find our pick of the best hotels in Barcelona— from intimate boutiques, to contemporary luxury, to classic Catalan glamour.
    Zoe Dubno, Vogue, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The rural area is known for its verdant hills, dormant volcanoes, and picturesque villages where most people speak Catalan before Spanish.
    Joseph Wilson, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 July 2024
  • Taiwanese writers and artists, a bit like Catalan nationalists in Spain, emphasized the unique values of their native arts and culture, sometimes to a tiresome degree.
    Ian Buruma, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
  • The hotel’s rooftop terrace is buzzy and has excellent views; prominent Catalan chef Carme Ruscalleda helms Moments.
    Jamie Ditaranto, Travel + Leisure, 19 June 2024
  • The trailer for this year’s festival, created by renowned Catalan director Albert Serra, can be viewed here.
    Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 13 Oct. 2023
  • His party had first been expected to file a draft bill that would grant amnesty to hundreds of Catalan activists facing criminal charges over a failed 2017 independence attempt.
    TIME, 13 Nov. 2023
  • An upstart pro-secession, far-right party called Catalan Alliance, which rails against unauthorized immigration as well as the Spanish state, will enter the chamber for the first time with two seats.
    Joseph Wilson, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 May 2024
  • The job involved looking at Catalan chatbot prompts then ranking or correcting its responses.
    Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The Present Whatever happened to the Catalan independence movement?
    Big Think, 24 June 2024
  • The coalition is still far from forming a government as Sanchez still needs the support of several other parties, most notably two secessionist Catalan groups.
    Rodrigo Orihuela, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2023
  • To snag his recs for those really delicious tapas and Catalan culinary institutions?
    Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The challenge is to find the balance between a social portrait that has both languages, Spanish and Catalan, and at the same time promote content in Catalan, a minority language that is important to promote and represent.
    Emiliano Granada, Variety, 28 June 2023

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