Chileanism
Chileanism noun: a term or linguistic feature originating from or specific to the Chilean variety of the Spanish language.
Noun
Chileanism (countable and uncountable, plural Chileanisms)
- A term or linguistic feature originating from or specific to the Chilean variety of the Spanish language.
- Chinanga is, according to Román's Diccionario de chilenismos, not so much a Chileanism as an Americanism, since he credits it to Chile, Perú and Ecuador: it is equivalent to the Spanish taberna, but enlivened with song and dance.1918 May, Julio Noé, “Sarmiento the Traveler”, in Revista de Filosofia, Buenos Aires, Argentina; republished as Inter-América, volume 4, number 3, Doubleday, Page & Company, February 1921, page 141
- The verb pechar is a Chileanism derived from pecho, or chest, and means to employ much effort to accomplish a particular goal.1977, Arturo Valenzuela, Political brokers in Chile: local government in a centralized polity, Duke University Press, page 240
- Chilean nationalism
Forms of Chileanism
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Origin of Chileanism
* Chilean + -ism
Questions about Chileanism
- What does Chileanism mean?
- Chileanism means a term or linguistic feature originating from or specific to the Chilean variety of the Spanish language.
- What part of speech is Chileanism?
- Chileanism is a noun.
- What is the plural of Chileanism?
- The plural of Chileanism is Chileanisms.
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