Llanito

See also: llanito

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Spanish Llanitos (“people of the flatlands”), or from Italian Gianni (“Johnny”).

Proper noun

Llanito

  1. A vernacular spoken primarily in Gibraltar, based on a mix of Andalusian Spanish and English, but also influenced by Genoese, Hebrew, Portuguese, Italian and Maltese.

Noun

Llanito (plural Llanitos)

  1. (informal) A Gibraltarian.
  • Llanita (female Gibraltarian)
  • Spanglish (a generic term for English/Spanish interlanguage)

See also

  • Alemañol (“mixture of German and Spanish”)
  • Chinglish (“mixture of English and Chinese”)
  • Denglisch, Germish (“mixture of English and German”)
  • Dunglish (“mixture of English and Dutch in the Netherlands”)
  • Franglais (“mixture of English and French”)
  • Guarañol, Jopara , Yopara (“mixture of Guarani and Spanish”)
  • Hinglish (“mixture of English and Hindi”)
  • Llanito (“mixture of English and Spanish in Gibraltar”)
  • Portuñol (“mixture of Portuguese and Spanish”)
  • Spanglish (“mixture of English and Spanish”)

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