castellanismo
Spanish, noun/kasteʝaˈnismo/
castellanismo is spelled C-A-S-T-E-L-L-A-N-I-S-M-O (13 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written Spanish, the 234,430th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Castellanismo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Hispanicism, Hispanism, Castilianism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Expresión, palabra o uso propios del idioma español hablado en Castilla”.
What does castellanismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineHispanicism, Hispanism, Castilianism
- 2
masculineCastilian movement
- 3
masculinea borrowing from Castilian
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Expresión, palabra o uso propios del idioma español hablado en Castilla.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of castellanismo
- castellanismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce castellanismo?
- /kasteʝaˈnismo/
- [kas.t̪e.ʝaˈniz.mo]
- [kast̪eʝaˈnismo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is castellanismo in Spanish?
castellanismo appears about once in every 44 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).