seseo
See also: seseó
Galician
Noun
seseo m (plural seseos)
- an accent in Spanish and Galician that pronounces z, and c before e or i, as /s/ rather than /θ/
Usage notes
- Someone who has a seseo accent would pronounce the words caza, meaning 'hunt' or he or she hunts, and casa, meaning house, with a [s] sound. The words would sound identical. This accent can be typically found in the north-central of Spain and throughout the Americas.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seˈseo/ [seˈse.o]
- Rhymes: -eo
- Syllabification: se‧se‧o
Etymology 1
Deverbal from sesear.
Noun
seseo m (plural seseos)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Further reading
- “seseo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
seseo on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
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