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Hispanicism

[ hi-span-uh-siz-uhm ]
/ hɪˈspæn əˌsɪz əm /

noun

an idiom peculiar to Spanish.

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Origin of Hispanicism

First recorded in 1830–40; Hispanic + -ism

Words nearby Hispanicism

His bundle, His bundle electrogram, hisn, Hispania, Hispanic, Hispanicism, Hispanicist, Hispanicize, hispanidad, Hispaniola, hispanism
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British Dictionary definitions for Hispanicism

Hispanicism
/ (hɪˈspænɪˌsɪzəm) /

noun

a word or expression borrowed from Spanish or modelled on the form of a Spanish word or expression
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