Cervantes

American  

[ser-van-teez, ther-vahn-tes, ser-] / sərˈvæn tiz, θɛrˈvɑn tɛs, sɛr- /

noun

1. Miguel de Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, 1547–1616, Spanish novelist and short-story writer.

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Cervantes British  

/ səˈvæntiːz, θɛrˈβantes /

noun

1. Miguel de (miˈɣɛl ðe), full surname Cervantes Saavedra. 1547–1616, Spanish dramatist, poet, and prose writer, most famous for Don Quixote (1605), which satirizes the chivalric romances and greatly influenced the development of the novel

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Example Sentences

“They look like something out of a Cervantes novel…they have this lost soul thing.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“There’s no question that Cortés played his cards very well,” said Cervantes, an associate professor at the University of Bristol in England.

From Los Angeles Times

The cultural dimension includes not only promotion of the Spanish language, with an expanded presence of the Cervantes Institute, but also programmes to help the mobility of academic teachers and researchers.

From BBC

"No one was prepared for this," Jose Cervantes, owner of a coffee shop in one of the affected areas, told Reuters news agency.

From BBC

Performed with frenetic theatrical energy by Navarro and Cervantes, the show is perhaps at its most affecting as an act of witnessing.

From Los Angeles Times