estadidad
Spanish
Alternative forms
- estadity (humorous)
Etymology
Calque of English statehood, from estado (“state”) + -idad (“ity”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /estadiˈdad/ [es.t̪a.ð̞iˈð̞að̞]
- Rhymes: -ad
- Syllabification: es‧ta‧di‧dad
Noun
estadidad f (plural estadidades)
- (Puerto Rico) statehood, particularly referring to the proposed admission of Puerto Rico as a state of the United States.
- 2016 October 7, “Hillary Clinton pide cautela a la junta federal”, in El Nuevo Dia[1]:
- “Apoyaré cualquier proceso que cumpla con estos requisitos, tal como una votación estadidad sí o no.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “estadidad”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
- “estadidad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025