How to Use Catalan in a Sentence

Catalan

noun
  • This was the first time the Socialists led a Catalan election in both votes and seats won.
    — Joseph Wilson, The Christian Science Monitor, 2024-05-13
  • Alexis Catalan, a high school senior in San Jose, was one of the lucky ones.
    — Molly Gibbs, The Mercury News, 2024-04-30
  • But just in case, a little card comes with every order of the Catalan classic pa amb tomàquet.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 2024-01-05
  • Here is where Rashford, a decade younger than Lewandowski, ticks some boxes for the Catalan side.
    — Pol Ballús, The Athletic, 2025-01-21
  • 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, 2023-11-30
  • He was snapped up by Barcelona in 2010 and played for the Catalan club for seven and a half seasons.
    — Sam Joseph, CNN, 2024-11-26
  • The blend of thyme, day-old bread, eggs and olive oil was a simple dish available year-round, thanks to thyme's abundance in the Catalan countryside.
    — Vicky Hallett, NPR, 2025-04-01
  • Antoni Gaudí, the Catalan architect whose work can be seen around Barcelona, designed the famous church.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 2024-03-26
  • But the Catalan capital is not the only place where Spanish locals are fighting back against overtourism.
    — Armani Syed, TIME, 2024-07-08
  • And above all else, the local Catalan culture and language is what anchors Barcelona as one of the most distinct regions in the country.
    — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 2024-11-28
  • The job involved looking at Catalan chatbot prompts then ranking or correcting its responses.
    — Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 2024-02-20
  • To snag his recs for those really delicious tapas and Catalan culinary institutions?
    — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 2023-11-16
  • All of this is presented in custom tableware bearing designs by the famous Catalan painter Joan Miró.
    — Benjamin Kemper, Saveur, 13 Aug. 2025
  • There are 22 Catalan productions at San Sebastian this year.
    — Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 2024-09-23
  • Enjoy a Catalan breakfast of garbanzo con butifarra negra and blanco, a stew with two types of sausage, plump raisins, and crunchy toasted pine nuts.
    — Amanda Eyre Ward, Bon Appétit, 2025-03-19
  • But the Galaxy also relied heavily on Puig, their Catalan catalyst and one of the league’s best players.
    — Greg Beacham, Orlando Sentinel, 2024-12-08
  • Spain’s answer to Italy’s iconic Cinque Terre trek, this long-distance trail is broken into 33 stages that hug the Catalan coastline.
    — Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 2025-06-12
  • 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, 2024-07-09
  • 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, 2024-11-23
  • 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, 2023-10-24
  • 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, 2024-06-24
  • The Present Whatever happened to the Catalan independence movement?
    — Big Think, 2024-06-24
  • Some, like Spain’s Vichy Catalan, have histories that date back more than 140 years while others are newer additions to the category.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2025-07-07
  • The Catalan filmmaker was able to provide a realistic depiction of her situation by choosing to emphasise the actual process of coping with the trauma, a process which can’t be rushed.
    — Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 2025-06-03
  • The Catalan numbers also play a role in biology, helping count the possible folding patterns of RNA molecules.
    — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 2025-05-01
  • Much of that is down to the American ingratiating himself after saying a couple of phrases in Catalan, enjoying a beer with supporters outside the stadium, and getting behind the players inside it.
    — Henry Flynn, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • In response to Reuters’ emailed questions about their current policy, the Catalan FA said its men’s leagues have been mixed for the past two seasons, meaning players of any gender can participate regardless of their official identity.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 2024-10-04
  • In the New Year of the Dragon, Junyi, a young Catalan of Chinese descent, gets a call from his mom in China, saying his 94 year-old grandmother has suddenly fallen ill and wants to see him.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers are also reportedly interested, according to Catalan outlets.
    — Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Castilian Spanish is spoken by the majority of Spaniards, but some autonomous regions have their own official language (Catalan in Catalonia, for example, and Basque, or Euskara, in the Basque Country).
    — Blane Bachelor, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025

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