Chileanism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A term or linguistic feature originating from or specific to the Chilean variety of the Spanish language. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    Chilean nationalism countable, uncountable

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"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."

Etymology

* Chilean + -ism

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