Hispanicism

[ hi-span-uh-siz-uhm ]

noun
  1. an idiom peculiar to Spanish.

Origin of Hispanicism

1
First recorded in 1830–40; Hispanic + -ism

Words Nearby Hispanicism

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British Dictionary definitions for Hispanicism

Hispanicism

/ (hɪˈspænɪˌsɪzəm) /


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

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