malinchista
Spanish
editEtymology
editNamed after La Malinche + -ista.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmalinchista m or f by sense (plural malinchistas)
- (Mexico, derogatory) One who has a preference or infatuation for foreign (non-Mexican) culture, products or people
- 1972, Manuel Garza Toba, Hojas sueltas de París: crónica, page 152:
- —Malinchista! —¡Ah, te habías tardado! Desde que se inventó esa palabrita ya no podemos mirar fuera de México, porque nos sellan con … —Bueno, mira, si quieres, soy malinchista pues; pero ten en cuenta que me lo dices sólo por nada.
- —Malinchista! —You took your time, didn't you?! Ever since that little word was invented we can no longer see outside Mexico, because they call us … —Fine then, I'm malinchista; but keep in mind you only say that to me for nothing.
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “malinchista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Categories:
- Spanish eponyms
- Spanish terms suffixed with -ista
- Spanish 4-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/ista
- Rhymes:Spanish/ista/4 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish nouns with irregular gender
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- Spanish nouns with multiple genders
- Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense
- Mexican Spanish
- Spanish derogatory terms
- Spanish terms with quotations