Thursday, July 18, 2024

Anglicisms in California Spanish

 Recenly, the German-language podcast EASY GERMAN discussed  details of how English words are imported into German (how you form verb tenses, for example).   

Here are some Anglicisms that are said to be common in California Spanish, per Chat GPT.  (I read Spanish pretty well, but I'm not fluent enough to confirm or deny how common the examples are).

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VERBS

Chatear (to chat)

Resetear (to reset)

Parquear (to park)

Chequear (to check)

Escanear (to scan)

Cliquear (to click)

Esquiar (to ski, though this is fully integrated)

Postear (to post, as in social media)

Formatear (to format)

Linkear (to link)


NOUNS

El parking (parking lot)

El email (email)

El internet (internet)

El link (link)

El stress (stress)

El fashion (fashion)

El hobby (hobby)

El club (club)

El brunch (brunch)

El weekend (weekend)

#El shopping (shopping)

El manager (manager)

El marketing (marketing)

El fan (fan, as in a supporter)

El smartphone (smartphone)

El software (software)

El ticket (ticket)

El jogging (jogging)

El chat (chat)

El reset (reset)