extranjerismo

Spanish

Etymology

From extranjero +‎ -ismo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡstɾanxeˈɾismo/ [eɣ̞s.t̪ɾãŋ.xeˈɾiz.mo]
• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: ex‧tran‧je‧ris‧mo

Noun

extranjerismo m (plural extranjerismos)

1. (countable) loanword, foreign word, borrowing

   Synonym: préstamo

   Hyponym: xenismo

2. (uncountable) foreignism (fondness for foreign cultures)

Derived terms

• extranjerismo crudo (“i.e. unadapted loan term, which shall properly be typed in italics”)

Further reading

• “extranjerismo”, 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
• extranjerismo on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es