malinchismo
Spanish, noun/malinˈt͡ʃismo/
malinchismo is spelled M-A-L-I-N-C-H-I-S-M-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written Spanish, the 210,939th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malinchismo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “infatuation with or preference for foreign cultures” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Adopción o preferencia por costumbres, valores o prácticas extranjeras, acompañada del desprecio o abandono…”.
What does malinchismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
Latin-Americamasculineinfatuation with or preference for foreign cultures
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Adopción o preferencia por costumbres, valores o prácticas extranjeras, acompañada del desprecio o abandono de las propias. 2. Traición.
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.
How do you pronounce malinchismo?
- /malinˈt͡ʃismo/
- [ma.lĩnʲˈt͡ʃiz.mo]
- [malĩnʲˈt͡ʃismo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is malinchismo in Spanish?
malinchismo appears about once in every 35 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).