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Spanglish

[spang-glish or, often, -lish]
noun
  1. Spanish spoken with a large admixture of English, especially American, words and expressions.
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Origin of Spanglish

1965–70; blend of Spanish and English
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British Dictionary definitions for spanglish

Spanglish

noun
  1. a variety of English heavily influenced by Spanish, commonly spoken in US Hispanic communities
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Word Origin for Spanglish

C20: from a blend of Spanish + English
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Word Origin and History for spanglish

Spanglish

n.

"form of Spanish deformed by English words and idioms," by 1967, probably a nativization of Spanish Espanglish (1954); ultimately from Spanish (n.) + English.

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