galleguismo
Spanish
Etymology
From gallego + -ismo. Compare Portuguese galeguismo, Galician galeguismo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡaʝeˈɡismo/ [ɡa.ʝeˈɣ̞iz.mo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /ɡaʎeˈɡismo/ [ɡa.ʎeˈɣ̞iz.mo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /ɡaʃeˈɡismo/ [ɡa.ʃeˈɣ̞iz.mo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /ɡaʒeˈɡismo/ [ɡa.ʒeˈɣ̞iz.mo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -ismo
- Syllabification: ga‧lle‧guis‧mo
Noun
galleguismo m (plural galleguismos)
- (linguistics) Galicianism, a Galician word, phrase or idiom used in another language
- Galicianism, love of Galician
Related terms
Further reading
- “galleguismo”, 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