laísmo
Spanish, noun/laˈismo/
laísmo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “the practice of using la as indirect object pronoun when referring to feminine nouns, instead of the standard le” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does laísmo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe practice of using la as indirect object pronoun when referring to feminine nouns, instead of the standard le
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of laísmo
- laísmos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce laísmo?
- /laˈismo/
- [laˈiz.mo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is laísmo in Spanish?
laísmo appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).