castejano

Galician

Etymology

From Spanish castellano, substituting the phoneme /ʎ/ for the Spanish /x/, a perceived equivalence between both languages.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɑsteˈħanʊ]

Noun

castejano m (plural castejanos)

1. (humorous, mildly derogatory) Castilian Spanish language

References

• “castejano” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “castejano” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.