bluyín

bluyín

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English blue jeans.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bluˈʝin/ [bluˈʝĩn]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /bluˈʝin/ [bluˈʝĩn]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /bluˈʃin/ [bluˈʃĩn]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /bluˈʒin/ [bluˈʒĩn]

• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: blu‧yín

Noun

bluyín m (plural bluyines)

1. (chiefly in the plural) jeans

   Synonym: yin

Further reading

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