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Spanish
Etymology
From la + -ismo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laˈismo/
- Rhymes: -ismo
- Syllabification: la‧ís‧mo
Noun
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La dije la verdad.- I told her the truth.
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laísmo m (plural laísmos)
- the practice of using la as indirect object pronoun when referring to feminine nouns, instead of the standard le
- Coordinate terms: leísmo, loísmo
2004, Serafina García García, Antonio J. Meilán García, Hortensia Martínez, Hortensia Martínez García, Construir bien en español: la forma de las palabras, Universidad de Oviedo, →ISBN, page 169:El laísmo consiste en emplear los pronombres de complemento directo (la, las) como forma de complemento indirecto referido a sustantivos femeninos, cuyas formas deben ser le, les: A María la rompieron la falda (correcto, le)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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