Spanglishn.adj.
/ˈspaŋɡlɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈspæŋɡlɪʃ/ A. n.
A mixture of Spanish and English, esp. any of various informal hybrids used in bilingual contexts in Latin America, and in Hispanic communities in the United States, typically characterized by the blending of lexical and grammatical elements from Spanish and English.
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Spanglish1933
1933 M. S. Bush Grannie's Patchwork Quilt 153 Alan's ‘kid brother’..was soon on uncly terms with small Andy. He even started at once on a sort of ‘Spanglish’ with Pancha.
1958 Los Angeles Times 3 Jan. 2 You know the rest of the story and there's enough of Mr. Jeannette's Spanglish to carry it on.
1972 Daily Tel. 28 Nov. 13/8 Argentina is not alone in falling victim to ‘Spanglish’. Chilean housewives who have problems with the plumbing call for el gasfitter.
1993 B. Cross It's not about Salary 58 Frost's first album (Hispanic Causing Panic ) is marked by an extensive use of Spanglish in rhyme.
2016 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 3 Oct. a11 Spanglish soon became her third language.
B. adj.
Of, relating to, or designating Spanglish.
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1964 Names 12 98 Spanglish store names in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1995 P. Manuel in P. Manuel et al. Caribbean Currents iv. 93 ‘La playa’ by Mangú..typified Latin rap's self-conscious eclecticism in..its Spanglish text.
2003 Arizona Republic (Nexis) 2 Oct. (Opinions section) 11 b As a pocho in los Unaited Esteits, I've grown weary of being corrected..for slipping in those Spanglish terms.
2014 D. J. Usner Chasing Dichos through Chimayó 51 He is a master of Spanglish profanity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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