Category: ArtsPart of speech: nounDifficulty: Common

arte

/arte/Roman

English meaning: Art

Definition

Creative human expression through visual, literary, or performing forms. Spain is home to world-class museums (Prado, Reina Sofía, Guggenheim Bilbao), produced master painters (Velázquez, El Greco, Picasso, Goya, Dalí), and the UNESCO-listed Alhambra palace represents the pinnacle of Moorish-Spanish artistic achievement.

Example

El Museo del Prado alberga obras maestras del arte español y europeo.

In English: The Prado Museum houses masterpieces of Spanish and European art.

Literary Heritage

Verde que te quiero verde. Verde viento. Verdes ramas.

Green, how I want you green. Green wind. Green boughs.

Federico García Lorca · Poet and playwright · Early 20th century

Romancero Gitano

García Lorca, 'Romance sonámbulo', Romancero Gitano (1928), stanza 1, lines 1–2

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