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
• The show will debut on Catalan public television channel TV3 and the 3Cat platform soon, although a specific date hasn’t been announced.
  — Jamie Lang, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
• This distinct, sparkling wine hails from Spain, specifically the Catalan wine regions surrounding Barcelona.
  — Jamie Ditaranto, Travel + Leisure, 21 July 2023
• Either way, the throngs of people clogging the streets recalled the massive separatist rallies at the height of the previous decade’s Catalan independence movement.
  — Joseph Wilson and Hernán Muñoz, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2024
• 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

Last Updated: 23 Dec 2024