best seller

See also: bestseller, Bestseller, and best-seller

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English best seller.

Noun

best seller m (invariable)

1. Alternative form of bestseller

Spanish

Alternative forms

• bestseller

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English best seller.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bestˈseleɾ/ [best̪ˈse.leɾ]
• Rhymes: -eleɾ

Noun

best seller m (plural best sellers)

1. bestseller

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.

Further reading

• “best seller”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014