abertzale

Coined by Basque nationalist, writer and politician Sabino Arana, from aberri (“fatherland”) +‎ -zale (“supporter”).

• IPA^(key): /abert͡s̻ale/

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• Rhymes: -ale
• Hyphenation: a‧ber‧tza‧le

abertzale (comparative abertzaleago, superlative abertzaleen, excessive abertzaleegi)

1. Basque nationalist

abertzale anim

1. patriot
2. Basque nationalist

Nowadays, the term refers almost exclusively to left-wing Basque nationalists.

• “abertzale”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “abertzale”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

• aberzale

Unadapted borrowing from Basque abertzale (“patriot”).

• IPA^(key): /abeɾˈt͡ʃale/
• IPA^(key): (Spain) /abeɾˈθale/
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /abeɾˈsale/
• Rhymes: -ale

abertzale m or f (masculine and feminine plural abertzales)

1. nationalist, pertaining to the Basque nationalist movement

   la izquierda abertzale ― the abertzale left (literally, “the patriotic left”)

   • 2023 May 16, “Los siete exetarras de las listas de Bildu con delitos de sangre renuncian a ser concejales”, in El País‎:

     Los siete exetarras con delitos de sangre incluidos en las listas de Bildu para el 28-M han anunciado que renuncian a ser concejales, en el caso de salir elegidos, para “contribuir a la paz y la convivencia”, según una carta publicada este martes por la mañana por el diario Naiz, vinculado a la izquierda abertzale.

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abertzale m or f by sense (plural abertzales)

1. Basque nationalist

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

• “abertzale”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10