Spanglish

See also: spanglish

English

Etymology

Blend of Spanish +‎ English

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Examples
Tonight, we’re eating langosta y mariscos for dinner y después vamos al teatro to see the opera. ¡Él me quiquió! (he kicked me)

Spanglish

1. A language blend of English and Spanish spoken by both Latinas, Latinos, and Anglo-Americans.

   Synonyms: Espanglish, espanglés, pocho

   • 2021 November 23, John McWhorter, “America Has More Than One Spanglish”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     The Nobel laureate Octavio Paz is said to have had it that Spanglish is “neither good, nor bad, but abominable.”

2. The mixing of Spanish and English together in a sentence.

   His Spanglish was quite embarrassing when he said he was "embarazado".

Translations

blend of English and Spanish

• Finnish: spanglish
• Greek: ισπανοαγγλικά n pl (ispanoangliká)
• Italian: spanglish (it)
• Portuguese: espanglês (pt)
• Spanish: espanglish m, spanglish m, espanglés m, ingléspañol
• Swedish: spangelska c

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”)
• Hinglish (“mixture of English and Hindi”)
• Llanito (“mixture of English and Spanish in Gibraltar”)
• Portuñol (“mixture of Portuguese and Spanish”)

Further reading

• Spanglish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• plashings, splashing