Cuban
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Castro Espín is known as “El Tuerto,” or “The One-Eyed Man,” the result of injuring an eye in an accident while stationed in Angola with Cuban troops.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
“The future of the country runs through that family—it’s a monarchy,” said Abraham Jiménez Enoa, an exiled Cuban journalist and writer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
Karol then dialed it back to 1993 by putting her own spin on the patriotic song “Mi Tierra,” as written by Cuban singer Gloria Estefan.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
Cuban farmers have already been operating under severe constraints imposed by U.S. sanctions — struggling to obtain spare parts to repair tractors, access fertilizers and pesticides or secure basic inputs like seeds.
From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026
The Cuban leader drove to the office of the newspaper Revolución and dictated a front-page story for all of his citizens to read in the morning.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
