seseo
See also: seseó
Galician edit
Noun edit
seseo m (plural seseos)
- an accent in Spanish and Galician that pronounces z, and c before e or i, as /s/ rather than /θ/
Usage notes edit
- Someone who has a seseo accent would pronounce the words caza, meaning 'hunt' or he or she hunts, and casa, meaning house, with a [s] sound. The words would sound identical. This accent can be typically found in the north-central of Spain and throughout the Americas.
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Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
seseo m (plural seseos)
- an accent in Spanish and Galician that pronounces z, and c before e or i, as /s/ rather than /θ/
- Coordinate term: ceceo
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
seseo
Further reading edit
- “seseo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- seseo on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es