amish
See also: Amish
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English Amish.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
amish (invariable)
- Amish (relating to the Amish sect)
Noun edit
amish m or f by sense (invariable)
- Amish (member of a strict Anabaptist sect)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English Amish.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
amish (invariable)
Noun edit
amish m or f by sense (plural amish)
Usage notes edit
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 edit
- “amish”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014