americanismo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.me.ɾi.kaˈniz.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.me.ɾi.kaˈniz.mu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.me.ɾi.kaˈniʒ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.me.ɾi.kaˈniz.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.mɨ.ɾi.kɐˈniʒ.mu/

• Hyphenation: a‧me‧ri‧ca‧nis‧mo

Noun

americanismo m (plural americanismos)

1. (figuratively) apple pie (anything quintessentially American)

   Synonym: americanice

Further reading

• “americanismo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “americanismo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From americano +‎ -ismo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ameɾikaˈnismo/ [a.me.ɾi.kaˈniz.mo]
• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: a‧me‧ri‧ca‧nis‧mo

Noun

americanismo m (plural americanismos)

1. Americanism (linguistic feature), as:
   1. A feature encountered in the Spanish spoken in any of various countries of the Americas.
   2. A feature encountered in the Spanish spoken in the United States of America: angloamericanismo.

Related terms

• americanista
• americano
• angloamericano
• norteamericano

Further reading

• “americanismo”, 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