castejano

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɑsteˈħanʊ]

Noun

castejano m (plural castejanos)

1. (humorous, mildly derogatory) Castilian Spanish language

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “castejano”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “castejano”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega