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abertzale

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Basque

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Etymology

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Coined by Basque nationalist, writer and politician Sabino Arana, from aberri (fatherland) +‎ -zale (supporter).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /abert͡s̻ale/ [a.β̞er.t͡s̻a.le]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ale
  • Hyphenation: a‧ber‧tza‧le

Adjective

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abertzale (comparative abertzaleago, superlative abertzaleen, excessive abertzaleegi)

  1. Basque nationalist

Declension

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Noun

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abertzale anim

  1. patriot
  2. Basque nationalist

Usage notes

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Nowadays, the term refers almost exclusively to left-wing Basque nationalists.

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Further reading

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Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Basque abertzale (patriot).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /abeɾˈt͡ʃale/ [a.β̞eɾˈt͡ʃa.le]
  • IPA(key): (Spain) /abeɾˈθale/ [a.β̞eɾˈθa.le]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /abeɾˈsale/ [a.β̞eɾˈsa.le]
  • Rhymes: -ale

Adjective

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abertzale m or f (masculine and feminine plural abertzales)

  1. nationalist, pertaining to the Basque nationalist movement
    la izquierda abertzalethe abertzale left (literally, “the patriotic left”)
    • 2023 May 16, “Los siete exetarras de las listas de Bildu con delitos de sangre renuncian a ser concejales”, in El País[1]:
      Los siete exetarras con delitos de sangre incluidos en las listas de Bildu para el 28-M han anunciado que renuncian a ser concejales, en el caso de salir elegidos, para “contribuir a la paz y la convivencia”, según una carta publicada este martes por la mañana por el diario Naiz, vinculado a la izquierda abertzale.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Noun

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abertzale m or f by sense (plural abertzales)

  1. Basque nationalist

Usage notes

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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.

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