dequeísmo
Spanish, noun/dekeˈismo/
dequeísmo is spelled D-E-Q-U-E-Í-S-M-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written Spanish, the 210,939th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dequeísmo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “the nonstandard use of de que instead of que alone as a complementizer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Incorrección en el modo de hablar que consiste en no seguir el régimen del verbo y utilizar "de que" cuando…”.
What does dequeísmo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe nonstandard use of de que instead of que alone as a complementizer
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Incorrección en el modo de hablar que consiste en no seguir el régimen del verbo y utilizar "de que" cuando el verbo no lo requiere.
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 dequeísmo
- dequeísmos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dequeísmo?
- /dekeˈismo/
- [d̪e.keˈiz.mo]
- [d̪ekeˈismo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dequeísmo in Spanish?
dequeísmo appears about once in every 35 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).