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Hispanicism

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /hɪˈspænɪsɪzm̩/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A Spanish-language item as it appears in another language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Hispanism, Castilianism

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Support for hegemony of Spain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, politics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English Hispanic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Hispanicism From Hispanic + -ism.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: castellanismu — a Spanish language item as it appears in another language
  • Asturian: españolismu — a Spanish language item as it appears in another language
  • Catalan: castellanisme — a Spanish language item as it appears in another language
  • Catalan: hispanisme — a Spanish language item as it appears in another language
  • French: hispanisme — a Spanish language item as it appears in another language
  • Galician: hispanismo — a Spanish language item as it appears in another language
  • Galician: españolismo — a Spanish language item as it appears in another language
  • German: Hispanismus — a Spanish language item as it appears in another language
  • Italian: ispanismo — a Spanish language item as it appears in another language
  • Manx: Spaainaghys — a Spanish language item as it appears in another language
  • Portuguese: espanholismo — a Spanish language item as it appears in another language
  • Portuguese: castelhanismo — a Spanish language item as it appears in another language
  • Portuguese: hispanismo — a Spanish language item as it appears in another language
  • Spanish: españolismo — a Spanish language item as it appears in another language
  • Spanish: castellanismo — a Spanish language item as it appears in another language
  • Spanish: hispanismo — a Spanish language item as it appears in another language
  • Swedish: förspanskning — a Spanish language item as it appears in another language
  • Swedish: hispanisering — a Spanish language item as it appears in another language
  • Tagalog: Ispanismo — a Spanish language item as it appears in another language