batasuno

Spanish

Etymology

From Basque Batasuna (literally “Unity”), the name of a former left-wing Basque nationalist party.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bataˈsuno/ [ba.t̪aˈsu.no]
• Rhymes: -uno
• Syllabification: ba‧ta‧su‧no

Noun

batasuno m (plural batasunos, feminine batasuna, feminine plural batasunas)

1. (Spain, derogatory) a member or supporter of Batasuna
2. (by extension, Spain, derogatory) a member or supporter of EH Bildu, more generally, a left-wing Basque nationalist

   Synonyms: (derogatory) bilduetarra, abertzale

   • 2021 April 5, Asier Martiarena, “Ayuso alerta de que "España está en peligro" por un PSOE refugio de "golpistas y batasunos"”, in La Vanguardia‎^[1]:
   • 2018 July 9, “Pablo Casado, abucheado en Pamplona: "Los batasunos no quieren dejarnos hablar"”, in HuffPost‎^[2]:
   • 2019 July 18, Gonzaga Durán, “Fallece la mujer que desafiaba a los batasunos en Pamplona con una bandera de España en su balcón”, in OkDiario‎^[3]:

Further reading

• “batasuno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10