eslovaco

Eslovaco is the Spanish term used to designate a person from Eslovaquia (Slovakia) or something related to that country. The masculine form is eslovaco, the feminine eslovaca; the plural forms are eslovacos and eslovacas. It also functions as an adjective to describe something of Eslovaquia, its people, culture or language.

Eslovaquia is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders the Czech Republic to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, and Austria to the southwest. Its capital is Bratislava. The population is predominantly of Slovak ethnicity, with recognized minorities including Hungarians, Roma and others. Eslovaquia became an independent state on January 1, 1993, after the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia.

La lengua eslovaca es un idioma de la familia de las lenguas eslavas occidentales, dentro del subgrupo eslavo checo-eslovaco. Se escribe con el alfabeto latino y utiliza diacríticos; su ortografía fue estandarizada principalmente en el siglo XIX. Es el idioma oficial de Eslovaquia y es hablado por la mayoría de la población. Presenta similitudes léxicas y gramaticales con el checo, con grados variables de inteligibilidad entre ambos idiomas.