extranjerismo

Spanish

Etymology

From extranjero +‎ -ismo.

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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• extranjerismo on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es