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Hispanicism

American

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

noun

an idiom peculiar to Spanish.

Etymology

Origin of Hispanicism

First recorded in 1830–40; Hispanic + -ism

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