americanismo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(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)

(figuratively) apple pie (anything quintessentially American)
Synonym: americanice

Spanish

Etymology

From americano +‎ -ismo.

Noun

americanismo m (plural americanismos)

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

Further reading

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

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