yeísmo
Spanish
Etymology
From ye + -ismo.
Pronunciation
- 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)
- 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