queísmo

Spanish

Examples
*Estás seguro que… Are you sure that… Estás seguro de que… (standard)

Etymology

From que +‎ -ismo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keˈismo/ [keˈiz.mo]
• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: que‧ís‧mo

Noun

queísmo m (plural queísmos)

1. (linguistics) the nonstandard use of que alone (instead of a preposition, usually de, preceding que) in various constructions

   Antonym: dequeísmo

   • 1999, Ignacio Bosque, Violeta Demonte, editors, Gramática descriptiva de la lengua española, volume 2, Espasa, →ISBN, page 2141:

     Aunque menos probable, no conviene descuidar como causa del queísmo la ultracorrección.

     Although not as likely, ultra-correction should not be discounted as a cause of queism.

Further reading

• “queísmo”, 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
• “queísmo”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Doubts] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN
• queísmo on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es