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catalanismo

Catalanism

noun kah-tah-lah-NEES-moh Rare

Usage Note

Catalanismo refers to a political and cultural movement advocating for Catalan identity, autonomy, or independence, as well as to a linguistic expression or phrase typical of Catalan. In linguistics, un catalanismo is a word or construction borrowed from Catalan into Spanish. Context is needed to distinguish the political from the lexical sense.

Examples

"El catalanismo político ganó fuerza en los años ochenta."

Natural Translation

Political Catalanism gained strength in the 1980s.

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