"laísmo" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /laˈismo/, [laˈiz.mo] Forms: laísmos [plural]
Rhymes: -ismo Etymology: From la + -ismo. Etymology templates: {{suffix|es|la|ismo}} la + -ismo Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} laísmo m (plural laísmos)
  1. the practice of using la as indirect object pronoun when referring to feminine nouns, instead of the standard le Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Grammar Related terms: laísta

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "ismo"
      },
      "expansion": "la + -ismo",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From la + -ismo.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "laísmos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "laísmo m (plural laísmos)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "la‧ís‧mo"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish terms suffixed with -ismo",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "es",
          "name": "Grammar",
          "orig": "es:Grammar",
          "parents": [
            "Linguistics",
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Laísmo consists of using direct object pronouns (la, las) as the form of the indirect object referring to feminine nouns, whose forms should be le, les: A María la rompieron la falda \"They tore María's skirt\" (correct: le).",
          "ref": "2004, Serafina García García, Antonio J. Meilán García, Hortensia Martínez, Hortensia Martínez García, Construir bien en español: la forma de las palabras, Universidad de Oviedo, →ISBN, page 169:",
          "text": "El laísmo consiste en emplear los pronombres de complemento directo (la, las) como forma de complemento indirecto referido a sustantivos femeninos, cuyas formas deben ser le, les: A María la rompieron la falda (correcto, le)",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the practice of using la as indirect object pronoun when referring to feminine nouns, instead of the standard le"
      ],
      "id": "en-laísmo-es-noun-kdiWCcIV",
      "links": [
        [
          "la",
          "la#Spanish"
        ],
        [
          "indirect object",
          "indirect object"
        ],
        [
          "le",
          "le#Spanish"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "laísta"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/laˈismo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[laˈiz.mo]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ismo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "laísmo"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "ismo"
      },
      "expansion": "la + -ismo",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From la + -ismo.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "laísmos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "laísmo m (plural laísmos)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "la‧ís‧mo"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "laísta"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Spanish/ismo",
        "Rhymes:Spanish/ismo/3 syllables",
        "Spanish 3-syllable words",
        "Spanish countable nouns",
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish lemmas",
        "Spanish masculine nouns",
        "Spanish nouns",
        "Spanish terms suffixed with -ismo",
        "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Spanish terms with quotations",
        "es:Grammar"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Laísmo consists of using direct object pronouns (la, las) as the form of the indirect object referring to feminine nouns, whose forms should be le, les: A María la rompieron la falda \"They tore María's skirt\" (correct: le).",
          "ref": "2004, Serafina García García, Antonio J. Meilán García, Hortensia Martínez, Hortensia Martínez García, Construir bien en español: la forma de las palabras, Universidad de Oviedo, →ISBN, page 169:",
          "text": "El laísmo consiste en emplear los pronombres de complemento directo (la, las) como forma de complemento indirecto referido a sustantivos femeninos, cuyas formas deben ser le, les: A María la rompieron la falda (correcto, le)",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "the practice of using la as indirect object pronoun when referring to feminine nouns, instead of the standard le"
      ],
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        [
          "la",
          "la#Spanish"
        ],
        [
          "indirect object",
          "indirect object"
        ],
        [
          "le",
          "le#Spanish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/laˈismo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[laˈiz.mo]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ismo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "laísmo"
}

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