5-1014: Pérez is a very common Castilian Spanish surname of patronymic origin. The surname, written in Spanish orthography as Pérez , is a patronymic surname meaning "son of Pedro" ("Pero" in archaic spanish). Its translation to english is Peter. At the same time, the name Pedro derives from the Latin name Petrus, meaning "rock or stone". Among many other counterparts, some of its equivalents are Peres or Pires in Portuguese, Peris in Catalan, Peters in German, Petrović in Serbo-Croatian, Petrescu in Romanian and Peterson in English and Scandinavian languages. In Castilian Spanish ,
10-459: Is more loosely used to denote the Spanish spoken in all of Spain as compared to Spanish spoken in Latin America. In Spain itself, Spanish is not a uniform language and there exist several different varieties of Spanish ; in addition, there are other official and unofficial languages in the country , although Spanish is official throughout Spain. Castellano septentrional ("Northern Castilian")
15-469: Is the Spanish term for the dialects from the Northern half of Spain, including those from Aragón or Navarre, which were never part of Castile . These dialects can be distinguished from the southern varieties of Andalusia, Extremadura, and Murcia. Español castellano , the literal translation of Castilian Spanish , is not a common expression; it could refer to varieties found in the region of Castile ; however,
20-539: The name is pronounced [ˈpeɾeθ] and in Hispanic America, [ˈpeɾes] . The accent or stress is placed on the second-to-last syllable. In British English, on the contrary, it is usually pronounced with stress on the last syllable. Castilian Spanish In English, Castilian Spanish can mean the variety of Peninsular Spanish spoken in northern and central Spain , the standard form of Spanish, or Spanish from Spain in general. In Spanish,
25-498: The term castellano (Castilian) can either refer to the Spanish language as a whole, or to the medieval Old Spanish , a predecessor to Early Modern Spanish . The term Castilian Spanish is used in English for the specific varieties of Spanish spoken in north and central Spain. This is because much of the variation in Peninsular Spanish is between north and south, often imagined as Castilian versus Andalusian. Typically, it
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