Example sentences for: pochismos

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  • Pochismos (Americanisms)

  • Beloved by working-class audiences, the peladito, using caló (Spanish slang) and pochismos (Americanisms), particularly poked fun at the acculturation of Mexicans who couldn’t speak Spanish and pointed out to them American discrimination against Mexicans.

  • Many English and Spanish words that have become altered by the opposite language, through cultural contact, are called pochismos.

  • Some examples of pochismos are yonque for “junk,” tichar for “to teach,” and carro for “car.”

  • Examples of some pochismos are words such as parkear, meaning to park (the car), and wachar, meaning to watch (hay te wacho, “I’ll see you”), also spelled guachate, meaning “watch out.”


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