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Spanish
Etymology
From impropio + -mente.
Adverb
impropiamente
- inappropriately
2017 September, “Gazapos plurinacionales”, in El Deber Bolivia:Porque en la España imperial se confundió la papa con la batata (también llamada ‘camote’) y, desde entonces, se llamó impropiamente ‘patata’ a la papa, excepto en Andalucía, Extremadura e Islas Canarias.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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