spanglish
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See also: Spanglish
Portuguese
Noun
spanglish m (uncountable)
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Spanglish, from Spanish + English.
Pronunciation
Noun
spanglish m (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling of espanglish
- Synonym: espanglés
Usage notes
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.
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Further reading
- “spanglish”, 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