loísmo
Spanish, noun/loˈismo/
loísmo is spelled L-O-Í-S-M-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written Spanish, the 257,601st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Loísmo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “the nonstandard practice of using lo or la as indirect object pronouns when referring to people, instead of the standard le” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does loísmo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe nonstandard practice of using lo or la as indirect object pronouns when referring to people, instead of the standard le
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of loísmo
- loísmos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce loísmo?
- /loˈismo/
- [loˈiz.mo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is loísmo in Spanish?
loísmo appears about once in every 54 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).