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Spanish
Etymology
From ye + -ismo.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ʝeˈismo/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃeˈismo/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒeˈismo/
- Rhymes: -ismo
- Syllabification: ye‧ís‧mo
Noun
yeísmo m (uncountable)
- the merging of the sounds represented by the letter elle ("ll") and the letter ye ("y")
- Antonyms: lleísmo, zheísmo, sheísmo
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