yeísmo

Spanish

Etymology

From ye +‎ -ismo.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ʝeˈismo/ [ɟ͡ʝeˈiz.mo]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ʝeˈismo/ [ɟ͡ʝeˈiz.mo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃeˈismo/ [ʃeˈiz.mo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒeˈismo/ [ʒeˈiz.mo]

• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: ye‧ís‧mo

Noun

yeísmo m (uncountable)

1. the merging of the sounds represented by the letter elle ("ll") and the letter ye ("y")

   Antonym: lleísmo

Related terms

• yeísta

 

See also

• Wiktionary:Spanish pronunciation

Further reading

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