eslavo

Slavic

adjective noun ehs-LAH-boh Rare

Also means

Slav

Usage Note

Eslavo refers to anything relating to the Slavic peoples, languages, or cultures of Eastern Europe. As an adjective it modifies nouns (lenguas eslavas, Slavic languages); as a noun it denotes a Slavic person (los eslavos, the Slavs). The feminine form is eslava. Note the initial e- before the cluster sl-, which is standard in Spanish for words beginning with sl-.

Examples

"El ruso es una lengua eslava del grupo oriental."

Natural Translation

Russian is a Slavic language of the eastern group.

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