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Hispanicism

[ hi-span-uh-siz-uhm ]
/ hɪˈspæn əˌsɪz əm /
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noun
an idiom peculiar to Spanish.
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Origin of Hispanicism

First recorded in 1830–40; Hispanic + -ism
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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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