estrangeirismo
التعريفات والمعاني
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Literally, “foreignism”, from estrangeiro (“foreign”) + -ismo (“-ism”).
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -izmu, -iʒmu
Hyphenation: es‧tran‧gei‧ris‧mo
=== Noun ===
estrangeirismo m (plural estrangeirismos)
(linguistics) a loanword
Synonym: empréstimo
(derogatory) a loanword (borrowed from other language into Portuguese) that one considers wrong to use, because it is able to be substituted by a more traditionally correct Portuguese-sounding word
foreignness (the typical behaviour of a foreigner)
==== Synonyms ====
estrangeirice, peregrinismo, xenismo
=== Further reading ===
“estrangeirismo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“estrangeirismo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026