castellanismo

Spanish

Etymology

From castellano +‎ -ismo.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /kasteʝaˈnismo/ [kas.t̪e.ʝaˈniz.mo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /kasteʎaˈnismo/ [kas.t̪e.ʎaˈniz.mo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /kasteʃaˈnismo/ [kas.t̪e.ʃaˈniz.mo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /kasteʒaˈnismo/ [kas.t̪e.ʒaˈniz.mo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -ismo
  • Syllabification: cas‧te‧lla‧nis‧mo

Noun

castellanismo m (plural castellanismos)

  1. Hispanicism, Hispanism, Castilianism
    Synonyms: españolismo, hispanismo
  2. Castilian movement
  3. (linguistics) a borrowing from Castilian

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