bonchote
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
A loanblend with English and Spanish, absorbed into the Spanish lexicon unique to Belize.[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bonchote m (plural bonchotes)
References edit
- ^ Language Use, Language Change, and Innovations in Northern Belize Contact Spanish by Osmer Eder Balam (2016), p. 48, published by the University of Florida as a dissertation
- ^ Timothy W. Hagerty (1996) “Chapter 7: The Influence of English on the Spanish Language of Belize”, in Michael D. Phillips, editor, Belize: Selected Proceedings from the Second Interdisciplinary Conference, University Press of America, →ISBN, page 136