localismo
Spanish, noun[lokaˈlismo]
localismo is spelled L-O-C-A-L-I-S-M-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish, the 122,511th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Localismo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “localism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Palabra, expresión o atribución de significado cuyo uso es exclusivo de un área geográfica, coincidiendo ésta…”.
What does localismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelocalism
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Palabra, expresión o atribución de significado cuyo uso es exclusivo de un área geográfica, coincidiendo ésta normalmente con un término municipal o población determinada. 2. Preferencia por las costumbres, usos o prácticas locales por sobre las de otros lugares ajenos.
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 localismo
- localismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce localismo?
- [lokaˈlismo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to localismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is localismo in Spanish?
localismo appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).