spanglish
See also: Spanglish
Portuguese
Noun
spanglish m (uncountable)
- 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)
- 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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014