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1 brush up
( with on) (to refresh one's knowledge of (eg a language): He brushed up his Spanish before he went on holiday.) -
2 castanets
[kæstə'ne ](two hollow pieces of ivory or hard wood struck together as a rhythm for (especially Spanish) dances.) kastaníettur, fingrasmella -
3 figurine
['fiɡjəri:n](a small statue of a person: china figurines of Spanish ladies.) (smá)stytta -
4 fluently
adverb He speaks Spanish fluently.) reiprennandi -
5 galleon
['ɡæliən](in former times, a large, usually Spanish, sailing-ship.) galleón -
6 Latin America
(the countries of Central and South America, where the official language is usually a form of either Spanish or Portuguese.) Rómanska Ameríka -
7 native language/tongue
noun My native language is Spanish, but I also speak English and German.) -
8 native speaker
(a person who has spoken a particular language ever since he was able to speak at all: I am a native speaker of English; a native Spanish speaker.) sá sem hefur tiltekið mál að móðurmáli
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