Alemán

[ ah-le-mahn ]

/ ˌɑ lɛˈmɑn /

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noun

Ma·te·o

[mah-te-aw], /mɑˈtɛ ɔ/, 1547?–1610, Spanish novelist.

Mi·guel

[mee-gel], /miˈgɛl/, 1902–1983, president of Mexico 1946–52.

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Words nearby Alemán

aleichem shalom, Aleixandre, Alekhine, Aleksandropol, Aleksandrovsk, Alemán, Aleman Lacayo, Alemanni, Alemannic, Alembert, Alembert, d'

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How to use Alemán in a sentence

From the beginning to the end I am as a prisoner here;––as much a prisoner as is El Aleman behind the bars!
The Treasure Trail|Marah Ellis Ryan
Cristobal Micer Aleman was the first to introduce the art of staining glass into Seville.
The Story of Seville|Walter M. Gallichan
This incident is copied from Aleman's romance of Guzman d' Alfarache, q.v.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1|The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.
Also the old women have made medicine to send El Aleman once more on this trail, and see you,––it has come to pass!
The Treasure Trail|Marah Ellis Ryan

She who is most sorrowful guest here, Excellency, and her arms still bruised from the iron chains of El Aleman.
The Treasure Trail|Marah Ellis Ryan

British Dictionary definitions for Alemán

Alemán

/ (Spanish aleˈman) /

noun

Mateo (maˈteo). 1547–?1614, Spanish novelist, author of the picaresque novel Guzmán de Alfarache (1599)

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