marciales

Marciales is an adjective used in Spanish to denote a relation to war, combat, or military affairs. It appears in common expressions such as artes marciales (martial arts), leyes marciales (martial laws), and fuerzas marciales (military forces). The form marciales is the plural form of the adjective marcial and agrees with plural nouns; the singular is marcial.

Etymology and cognates: Marciales derives from Latin martialis, meaning pertaining to Mars, the Roman god of war. It has cognates in several Romance languages, including Portuguese marcial and French martial, as well as English martial.

Usage context: In everyday and formal speech, marciales is used in historical, military, sports, and cultural contexts to describe aspects connected with combat or armed conflict. It can modify disciplines (artes marciales), institutions (fuerzas marciales), or laws (ley marcial, martial law). While often associated with combat training and military affairs, the term also appears in literature and media to evoke themes of struggle and discipline.

See also: artes marciales, ley marcial, marcial as a given name in Spanish-speaking regions. The term is closely related to the English word martial and to other Romance-language equivalents describing warlike or combat-related matters.