spanglish

See also: Spanglish

Portuguese

Noun

spanglish m (uncountable)

1. Spanglish (code-switching of English and Spanish)

   Synonym: espanglês

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Spanglish, from Spanish + English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈpanɡliʃ/ [esˈpãŋ.ɡliʃ]
• Rhymes: -anɡliʃ

Noun

spanglish m (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of espanglish

   Synonym: espanglés

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Related terms

• pocho

 

Further reading

• “spanglish”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28