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galleguismo

Spanish, noun/ɡaʝeˈɡismo/

galleguismo is spelled G-A-L-L-E-G-U-I-S-M-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish, the 197,982nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Galleguismo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Galicianism, a Galician word, phrase or idiom used in another language” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Forma de hablar propia de los gallegos”.

What does galleguismo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineGalicianism, a Galician word, phrase or idiom used in another language

  2. 2

    masculineGalicianism, love of Galician

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Forma de hablar propia de los gallegos. 2. Inclinación hacia lo que es típico de Galicia.

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 galleguismo

  • galleguismos plural

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

How do you pronounce galleguismo?

  • /ɡaʝeˈɡismo/
  • [ɡa.ʝeˈɣ̞iz.mo]
  • [gaʝeˈɣ̞ismo]

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

How common is galleguismo in Spanish?

galleguismo appears about once in every 30 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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