unx

Spanish

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unx gender-neutral (masculine uno, feminine una)

(gender-neutral, neologism) a/an
- 2019, Albert Rams, Músicas para un viaje interior, Plataforma, →ISBN, page 86:
  También lo es para sensar, o sea, experimentar sensaciones, moverse, sentirse a unx mismx y a lxs otrxs, ya sea a través del movimiento interno o externo, del lento o rápido, ya de ambos.
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- 2021, Liliana Maltz, Vaivenes de la ternura. ESI en el Nivel Inicial, Noveduc, →ISBN, page 49:
  Hoy es pensable que un familiar cuestione cualquier límite o calificación puestos por unx docente, incluso es pensable que amenace o golpee a unx maestrx si no acuerda con una medida tomada respecto de su hijx.
  Today it is conceivable that a family member questions any limit or qualification set by a teacher, it is even conceivable that they threatens or hits a teacher if they does not agree with a measure taken with respect to their child.
- 2021, Susana Beatriz Gamba, Tania Diz, Nuevo diccionario de estudios de género y feminismos, Editorial Biblos, →ISBN, page 299:
  Por ejemplo, en el área de ciencias sociales unx maestrx de sexto grado está desarrollando la época del Virreinato del Río de la Plata e introduce el enfoque de género para pensar actividades y vestimentas de mujeres y varones en la colonia y compararlas con la actualidad.
  For example, in the area of social sciences, a sixth grade teacher is developing the time of the Viceroyalty of the River Plate and introduces the gender approach to think about the activities and clothing of women and men in the colony and compare them with today.

Usage notes

The letters x or e, or alternatively the symbol @, are occasionally used as gender-neutralizing letters in Spanish. Examples include novix in place of novia and novio, amigue in place of amiga and amigo, and latin@ instead of latina and latino.