laísmo

From la +‎ -ismo.

• IPA^(key): /laˈismo/ [laˈiz.mo]
• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: la‧ís‧mo

laísmo m (plural laísmos)

1. the practice of using la as indirect object pronoun when referring to feminine nouns, instead of the standard le

   Coordinate terms: leísmo, loísmo

   • 2004, Serafina García García, Antonio J. Meilán García, Hortensia Martínez, Hortensia Martínez García, Construir bien en español: la forma de las palabras, Universidad de Oviedo, →ISBN, page 169:

     El laísmo consiste en emplear los pronombres de complemento directo (la, las) como forma de complemento indirecto referido a sustantivos femeninos, cuyas formas deben ser le, les: A María la rompieron la falda (correcto, le)

     Laísmo consists of using direct object pronouns (la, las) as the form of the indirect object referring to feminine nouns, whose forms should be le, les: A María la rompieron la falda "They tore María's skirt" (correct: le).

• “laísmo”, 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
• “laísmo”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Doubts] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN