seseo

See also: seseó

Galician

Noun

seseo m (plural seseos)

1. an accent in Spanish and Galician that pronounces z, and c before e or i, as /s/ rather than /θ/

Usage notes

• Someone who has a seseo accent would pronounce the words caza, meaning 'hunt' or he or she hunts, and casa, meaning house, with a [s] sound. The words would sound identical. This accent can be typically found in some areas of the south of Spain, the Canary Islands, and throughout the Americas. In Galician, seseo is found along the west coast. However, it is generally not carried over into Spanish, where speakers distinguish /θ/ and /s/.

Related terms

• ceceo
• seseante
• sesear

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈseo/ [seˈse.o]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: se‧se‧o

Etymology 1

Deverbal from sesear.

Noun

seseo m (plural seseos)

1. an accent in Spanish and Galician that pronounces z, and c before e or i, as /s/ rather than /θ/

   Coordinate terms: ceceo, seceo, ceseo

Related terms

• ceceo
• ceseo
• seceo
• seseante

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

seseo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sesear

Further reading

• “seseo”, 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
• seseo on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es