vasca in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for vasca in the Spanish»English Dictionary

pelota vasca Info

pelota vasca

A ball game, also known as jai alai, that developed in the Basque Country. It is played in Spain, Mexico, Cuba and Florida.
The game has similarities to squash and fives. It is played in a frontón, a court with three high walls. The players use a cesta, a long, concave basket attached to their hand with a strap, to throw and catch the ball against the wall. The ball reaches high speeds and spectators watch from behind a metal fence. Pelota is played by two teams of two players. It is a professional game on which spectators place bets.

pelota vasca

pelota vasca N f:

pelota vasca

jai alai

pelota vasca

pelota

vasco Info

vasco

→ euskera.

See also euskera

euskera Info

euskera

The language of the Basque Country and Navarre, spoken by around 750, 000 people; in Spanish vasco or vascuence. It is also spelled euskara. Basque is unrelated to the Indo-European languages and its origins are unclear.
Like Spain's other regional languages, Basque was banned under Franco. With the return of democracy, it became an official language alongside Spanish, in the regions where it is spoken. It is a compulsory school subject and is required for many official and administrative posts in the Basque Country. There is Basque language television and radio and a considerable number of books are published in Basque. See also lenguas cooficiales

vasco¹ (vasca) ADJ

vasco (vasca)

Basque

I.vasco² (vasca) N m (f) (persona)

vasco (vasca)

Basque

II.vasco N m (idioma)

vasco

Basque

See also euskera

euskera Info

euskera

The language of the Basque Country and Navarre, spoken by around 750, 000 people; in Spanish vasco or vascuence. It is also spelled euskara. Basque is unrelated to the Indo-European languages and its origins are unclear.
Like Spain's other regional languages, Basque was banned under Franco. With the return of democracy, it became an official language alongside Spanish, in the regions where it is spoken. It is a compulsory school subject and is required for many official and administrative posts in the Basque Country. There is Basque language television and radio and a considerable number of books are published in Basque. See also lenguas cooficiales

gorra de vasco N f RioPl

gorra de vasco

beret

País Vasco N m

País Vasco

Basque Country

PNV - Partido Nacionalista Vasco Info

PNV - Partido Nacionalista Vasco

The main Basque nationalist party. The PNV's influence on Spanish politics was considerable while the PSOE was in power in Madrid, through pacts to ensure the central government's parliamentary majority. Relations have been far less cordial with the conservative PP under José María Aznar. Following the Basque parliamentary elections of 2001, the PNV was only able to form a government by forming a coalition with the progressive autonomists of Eusko Alkartasuna (Basque Alliance) and the communist Izquierda Unida-Ezker Batua (United Left).

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la cocina vasca

Basque cuisine o cookery

Translations for vasca in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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Basque

vasco

the Basque language

el euskera or vasco or vascuence

the Basque Country

el País Vasco

Basque

vasco m / vasca f

Basque

vasco m

vasca in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for vasca in the Spanish»English Dictionary

I.vasco (-a) ADJ

vasco (-a)

Basque

País Vasco

Basque Country

II.vasco (-a) N m (f)

vasco (-a)

Basque

vasco N m LING

vasco

Basque

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Basque

vasco, -a

Basque Country

País m Vasco

Basque

vasco(-a) m (f)

the Basque Country straddles the border of Spain and France ex

el País Vasco se extiende a ambos lados de la frontera franco-española

vasca Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

País Vasco

Basque Country

el País Vasco se extiende a ambos lados de la frontera franco-española

the Basque Country straddles the border of Spain and France ex