A country in the southwest corner of Europe, sharing the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal, with France across the Pyrenees mountains to the north. Its capital is Madrid, and the Balearic Islands (Mallorca, Ibiza) in the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa belong to it too. Population is roughly 47 million.

of Europe歐洲 in the southwest corner西南角 A country的國家， with Portugal和葡萄牙 sharing共享 the Iberian Peninsula伊比利半島， to the north北邊 across the Pyrenees mountains隔著庇里牛斯山 with France是法國。 Its capital它的首都 is Madrid是馬德里， in the Mediterranean地中海的 the Balearic Islands (Mallorca, Ibiza)巴利亞利群島（馬約卡、伊比薩） and和 off the coast of Africa非洲海岸外的 the Canary Islands加那利群島 too也 belong to it屬於它。 Population人口 roughly大約 47 million四千七百萬。

Write it with a capital S; the adjective and the people are 'Spanish', and one person is 'a Spaniard' — a slightly formal word that many speakers avoid in favour of 'a Spanish man/woman'.

Write it寫的時候 with a capital S用大寫的S； the adjective形容詞 and和 the people這個民族 are 'Spanish'是 'Spanish'， one person一個人 is 'a Spaniard'是 'a Spaniard'—— a slightly formal word一個有點正式的詞， many speakers很多人 avoid避開它 in favour of 'a Spanish man/woman'改用 'a Spanish man/woman'。

The language is Spanish, but that is only part of the picture: Catalonia has Catalan, the Basque Country has Basque (a language related to no other in Europe), and Galicia has Galician, and these are official in their own regions. People from those regions may not describe themselves as Spanish first, and this is a live political question, so it is worth being careful rather than assuming.

The language語言 is Spanish是西班牙語， but但 that那 is only只是 part of the picture全貌的一部分： Catalonia加泰隆尼亞 has有 Catalan加泰隆尼亞語， the Basque Country巴斯克地區 has有 Basque巴斯克語（ a language related to no other in Europe一種和歐洲任何其他語言都沒有親屬關係的語言）， Galicia加利西亞 has有 Galician加利西亞語， these這些 in their own regions在自己的地區 are official是官方語言。 People from those regions那些地區的人 may not不一定 first會先 describe themselves as Spanish把自己說成西班牙人， this這 is a live political question是還在進行中的政治問題， so所以 rather than assuming與其自己假設 it is worth being careful不如小心一點。

The south, Andalusia, was ruled by Muslim kingdoms for centuries, and you can still see it in the buildings, the music and the language. Spain was also the centre of a huge empire, which is why Spanish is spoken across most of Latin America.

The south南部的 Andalusia安達魯西亞， for centuries好幾個世紀 was ruled by Muslim kingdoms被穆斯林王國統治， you你 still仍然 in the buildings, the music and the language在建築、音樂和語言裡 can see it看得到它。 Spain西班牙 also也 was the centre of a huge empire曾是一個龐大帝國的中心， which is why這就是為什麼 across most of Latin America拉丁美洲大部分地方 Spanish is spoken都說西班牙語。

In English, note the phrase 'castles in Spain' — a daydream that will never be built.

In English在英文裡， note留意 the phrase這個片語 'castles in Spain'—— that will never be built一場永遠蓋不成的 a daydream白日夢。