Galician edit

Etymology edit

From Spanish castellano, substituting the phoneme /ʎ/ for the Spanish /x/, a perceived equivalence between both languages.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

castejano m (plural castejanos)

  1. (humorous, mildly derogatory) Castilian Spanish language

References edit

  • castejano” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • castejano” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.