best seller
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English best seller.
Noun
- alternative form of bestseller
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English best seller.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bestˈseleɾ/ [best̪ˈse.leɾ]
- Rhymes: -eleɾ
Noun
best seller m (plural best sellers)
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Further reading
- “best seller”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024