impropiamente

Spanish

Etymology

From impropio +‎ -mente.

Adverb

impropiamente

  1. inappropriately
    • 2017 September, “Gazapos plurinacionales”, in El Deber Bolivia‎[1], archived from the original on 7 September 2017:
      Porque en la España imperial se confundió la papa con la batata (también llamada ‘camote’) y, desde entonces, se llamó impropiamente ‘patata’ a la papa, excepto en Andalucía, Extremadura e Islas Canarias.
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