pochismo

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Spanish pochismo

Noun[edit]

pochismo (plural pochismos)

(slang) An anglicism in Spanish taken from U.S. English.

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From pocho +‎ -ismo.

Noun[edit]

pochismo m (plural pochismos)

(slang, uncountable) the state or phenomenon of being a pocho (“a Mexican who has assimilated to white US culture”)
(slang) an anglicism in Spanish taken from US English

Further reading[edit]

“pochismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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