Wikipedia:WikiProject Spain/Glossary

This page is associated with Wikipedia:WikiProject Spain. It is currently under construction. It is an attempt to identify terms—especially official terms—that come up a lot in articles about Spain, and to come up with suggested translations into English.

At present this is, at best, a draft. Help in fleshing it out would be greatly appreciated.

Historic regimes

Antiguo Régimen

"Ancien Régime" (Antiguo Régimen)

Trienio Liberal

"Liberal Trienium" (Trienio Liberal)
(Markup: "[[Trienio Liberal|Liberal Trienium]]" (''Trienio Liberal''))

Political geography

aldea

village, hamlet

caserío

hamlet

ciudad

city; (alt.) chartered city, town

comarca

comarca

comunidad autónoma

autonomous community
(Markup: [[autonomous communities of Spain|autonomous community]])

municipio

municipality
(Markup: [[municipalities of Spain|municipality]])

pedanía

hamlet, district (depending on the context)

provincia

province
(Markup: [[provinces of Spain|province]])

pueblo

village or small town

región histórica

in the sense used in the 1833 territorial division of Spain: historic region
(Markup: [[Historic regions of Spain|historic region]])

villa / vila

town
More precisely, it is a town with a charter that is not a ciudad

Protected natural spaces

coto nacional de caza

national hunting reserve

dehesa boyal

cow pasture
That's literal, but I'm not sure it corresponds to how it is used in present-day Spain - Jmabel | Talk

Monte Público

public land, common land

monumento natural

natural monument

paisaje protegido

prtotected landscape

parque nacional

national park

parque natural

natural park
(Markup: [[natural park (Spain)|natural park]])

paraje natural

natural site

reserva natural

nature reserve

Historic/artistic heritage

Bien de interés cultural is a general term; it includes more specific categories, such as monumento. If you read Spanish, es:Bien de interés cultural is informative about historic monuments etc, but hasn't got much to say about how es:Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial (intangible cultural heritage in English) can be protected as bienes.

• Conjunto Histórico: Historic Group of Buildings
  • Conjunto Artístico:
  • Conjunto Histórico Artístico:
• Jardín Histórico: Historic Garden
• Monumento
  • Monumento Nacional: Monumento nacional
    (Markup: [[Monumento nacional (Spain)|Monumento nacional]])
  • Monumento Histórico-Artístico de Interés Nacional: Historical-Artistic Monument of National Interest
• Sitio Histórico: Historic Site
• Zona Arqueológica: Archeological zone

• Fiestas de Interés Turístico Nacional: Festival of National Touristic Interest

• Patrimonio Histórico:
  • Patrimonio Nacional

Buildings

ermita

chapel, sanctuary, chancel, little/small church, little/small shrine

Legal terms

Ley Orgánico

Organic Law
(Markup: [[Organic Law (Spain)|Organic Law]]

Governmental bodies

ayuntamiento

Town hall or local government (depending on the context)

Cortes Generales

Cortes Generales

Diputación de provincia

Junta de comunidad autónoma

Foo autonomous government (e.g. Andalusian Autonomous Government)

Partido

legal district (not to be confused with partido in the sense of political party); see also judicial district, an equivalent term with greater currency in North America.

Political parties

IU or Izquierda Unida

United Left (Izquierda Unida, IU) or United Left or leftist IU
(Markup: [[United Left (Spain)|United Left]] (''Izquierda Unida'', IU) or [[United Left (Spain)|United Left]] or leftist [[United Left (Spain)|IU]])

PP or Partido Popular

People's Party (Partido Popular, PP) or People's Party or right-of-center PP
(Markup: [[People's Party (Spain)|People's Party]] (''Partido Popular'', PP) or [[People's Party (Spain)|People's Party]] or right-of-center [[People's Party (Spain)|PP]])

PSOE

Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Español, PSOE) or Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) or left-of-center PSOE
(Markup: [[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party]] (''Partido Socialista Obrero Español'', PSOE) or [[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party]] (PSOE) orleft-of-center [[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party|PSOE]])
Second case handled slightly differently from the others because in Spanish it is nearly universally referred to only by its initials.

Los Verdes

Confederation of the Greens (Confederación de los Verdes) or (Los Verdes)
(Markup: [[Confederation of the Greens]] (''Confederación de los Verdes'') or [[Confederation of the Greens]] ((''Los Verdes''))

Honorifics

Beneméritos de la Patria

(an honorific title; "Beneméritos" means "meritorious" and functions here as an adjectival noun)

Culture events and issues

Castillo (pirotecnia)

• Pyrotecnic structure which is arranged with the aim to cause several figure, effects, colour lights, etc. It is typical in Spanish festivities. This expression is not usually translated into English and a translation propose can be simply 'firework display'.

Chupinazo

• An act which is carried out for opening a festivity and that consists in a rocket set off.

Paella

• Apart from being a typical dish, this name is also used to mass paella eating events. When this name is used in a massive universitary people event, it is not necessary the presence of the dish and it is usually a massive people event with food and drink stand and concerts.