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chilenismo

Spanish, noun/t͡ʃileˈnismo/

chilenismo is spelled C-H-I-L-E-N-I-S-M-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written Spanish, the 236,842nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chilenismo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Chileanism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Vocablo, giro, expresión o modo de hablar propio de los chilenos”.

What does chilenismo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineChileanism

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Vocablo, giro, expresión o modo de hablar propio de los chilenos. 2. Valoración, estimación, admiración de lo chileno.

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 chilenismo

  • chilenismos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce chilenismo?

  • /t͡ʃileˈnismo/
  • [t͡ʃi.leˈniz.mo]
  • [t͡ʃileˈnismo]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is chilenismo in Spanish?

chilenismo appears about once in every 45 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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