lxs

Spanish

Etymology

The gender-neutral suffix -x replaces the gendered Spanish suffixes -a and -o.

Article

lxs pl

1. (uncommon) the
   • 2010 June, Peter Gelderloos, Cómo la no violencia protege al Estado (Spanish edition), page 56, quoting and translating David Gilbert, No Surrender:

     lxs nativxs americanxs, lxs chicanxs o lxs puertorriqueñxs

   • 2015, Pa(i)sajes urbanos →ISBN, page 249:

     Las acciones de lxs trans van acompañadas del trabajo de Transvenus de Venezuela.

Usage notes

A few writers use this article instead of los (compare las) for groups that include both males and females, or groups of unclear or non-binary gender, in order to be gender-neutral.