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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Cervantes

This is a play on a botched conjugation of the Spanish verb 'saber' -- to know -- and is used to indicate Latinos who struggle to speak the language of Miguel de Cervantes.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

Cervantes never brought up the bill during Thursday’s hearing, which effectively kills it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Lope de Vega wrote of honor and conflict a few doors down from where Miguel de Cervantes penned the first quixotic quest.

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026

The writer Miguel de Cervantes knew about the Iberian lynx.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026

“No—but I do know that it’s being administered by Scythe Cervantes, and he tends to be very physically minded. For all I know, he’ll have you tilting at windmills.”

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

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