hispanismo
Spanish, noun/ispaˈnismo/
hispanismo is spelled H-I-S-P-A-N-I-S-M-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish, the 105,087th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hispanismo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Hispanicism, Hispanism, Castilianism (a Spanish-language item as it appears in another language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Término, vocablo, expresión o modo de construir oraciones propio y típico del idioma español o castellano”.
What does hispanismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineHispanicism, Hispanism, Castilianism (a Spanish-language item as it appears in another language)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Término, vocablo, expresión o modo de construir oraciones propio y típico del idioma español o castellano. 2. Término o giro expresivo propio del idioma español que se emplea en otras lenguas. 3. Uso de términos o giros expresivos del castellano en otros idiomas. 4. Área de estudios que se concentra en culturas donde se habla el español.
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 hispanismo
- hispanismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hispanismo?
- /ispaˈnismo/
- [is.paˈniz.mo]
- [ispaˈnismo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hispanismo in Spanish?
hispanismo appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).