Spanglish
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A language blend of English and Spanish spoken by both Latinas, Latinos, and Anglo-Americans.
"The Nobel laureate Octavio Paz is said to have had it that Spanglish is “neither good, nor bad, but abominable.”"
- 2 The mixing of Spanish and English together in a sentence.
"His Spanglish was quite embarrassing when he said he was “embarazado”, as that means “pregnant”, not “embarrassed”."
Example
More examples"Can I say that I'm a fluent Spanglish speaker?"
Etymology
Blend of Spanish + English.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.