pochismo

English edit

Etymology edit

Spanish pochismo

Noun edit

pochismo (plural pochismos)

(slang) An anglicism in Spanish taken from U.S. English.

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From pocho +‎ -ismo.

Noun edit

pochismo m (plural pochismos)

(slang, uncountable) the state or phenomenon of being a pocho (“a Mexican who has assimilated to white US culture”)
(slang) an anglicism in Spanish taken from US English

Further reading edit

“pochismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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