María in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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cristino (cristina)

supporter of Isabel II (under the regency of María Cristina) against the Carlists

Pepa

diminutive of Josefa or María José

¿cómo va lo tuyo con María José? inf

how are things going between you and María José?

lo hicimos a escondidas de María para darle una sorpresa

we kept it a secret from María so that it would be a surprise for her

jerez

Sherry is produced in an area of chalky soil known as albariza lying between the towns of Puerto de Santa María, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, and Jerez de la Frontera in Cádiz province. It is from Jerez that sherry takes its English name. Sherries, made from grape varieties including Palomino and Pedro Ximénez, are drunk worldwide as an aperitif, and in Spain as an accompaniment to tapas. The styles of jerez vary from the pale fino and manzanilla to the darker aromatic oloroso and amontillado. See also solera

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).

a María no la invites, no la resisto Col Peru inf

don't invite María, I can't stand her

Carlismo

Spain had three civil wars known as the guerras carlistas (1833-39, 1860, 1872-76). When Fernando VII died in 1833, he was succeeded not by his brother the Infante Don Carlos de Borbón, but by his daughter Isabel, under the regency of her mother María Cristina. This provoked a mainly northern-Spanish revolt, with local guerrillas pitted against the forces of the central government. The Carlist Wars were also a confrontation between conservative rural Catholic Spain, especially the Basque provinces and Aragón, led by the carlistas, and the progressive liberal urban middle classes allied with the army. Carlos died in 1855, but the carlistas, representing political and religious traditionalism, supported his descendants' claims until reconciliation in 1977 with King Juan Carlos.

creo que a Juan le gusta María

I think Juan likes María

creo que a Juan le gusta María

I think Juan fancies o is keen on María Brit inf

María es muy a la pata la llana

María is very down-to-earth o straightforward

María in the PONS Dictionary

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¡dejarnos plantados: eso es muy de María!

she didn't show up — how typical of María!

lo mismo José como [o que] María

both José and María