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Chileanism en · NOUN

Etymology

* Chilean + -ism

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A term or linguistic feature originating from or specific to the Chilean variety of the Spanish language.
   • Chinanga is, according to Román's Diccionario de chilenismos, not so much a Chileanism as an Americanism, since he credits it to Chile, Perú and Ecuador: it is equivalent to the Spanish taberna, but enlivened with song and dance. 1918 May, Julio Noé, “Sarmiento the Traveler”, in Revista de Filosofia, Buenos Aires, Argentina; republished as Inter-América, volume 4, number 3, Doubleday, Page & Company, 14 February 1921, page 141:
   • The verb pechar is a Chileanism derived from pecho, or chest, and means to employ much effort to accomplish a particular goal. 1977, Arturo Valenzuela, Political brokers in Chile: local government in a centralized polity, Duke University Press, page 240:
   • Curco is a Chileanism, meaning literally to be bent over with an irritating burden. 1991, Cynthia G. Brown, Human rights and the "politics of agreements": Chile during President Aylwin's first year, Human Rights Watch, →ISBN, page 36:
2. (countable, uncountable) Chilean nationalism

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Translations (2)

es chilenismo (term or linguistic feature specific to Chilean Spanish) · pt chilenismo (term or linguistic feature specific to Chilean Spanish)