SINCE 1828
pochismo
noun
po·chis·mo
| \ pōˈchēz(ˌ)mō\
plural -s
Definition of pochismo
1
: a term of U.S. origin borrowed into Mexican Spanish and used along the border between the U.S. and Mexico especially by U.S.-born Mexicans
not a single pochismo has added to the beauty of our Spanish language— F. G. Beraza
2
: a vocabulary consisting of pochismos
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