Wiktionary

seseo

See also: seseó

Galician

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Noun

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seseo m (plural seseos)

  1. an accent in Spanish and Galician that pronounces z, and c before e or i, as /s/ rather than /θ/

Usage notes

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  • 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

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /seˈseo/ [seˈse.o]
  • Rhymes: -eo
  • Syllabification: se‧se‧o

Etymology 1

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Deverbal from sesear.

Noun

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seseo m (plural seseos)

  1. an accent in Spanish and Galician that pronounces z, and c before e or i, as /s/ rather than /θ/
    Coordinate term: ceceo
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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seseo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of sesear

Further reading

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