a word or expression borrowed from Spanish or modelled on the form of a Spanish word or expression
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His•pan•i•cism
(hi span′ə siz′əm),USA pronunciation n.
- Linguisticsan idiom peculiar to Spanish.
- Hispanic + -ism 1830–40
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