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In Spanish we have plenty of these false anglicisms, and we seem to be obsessed with the "-ing" English ending: un smoking (lately adapted the ortography to "e
by Al-Khwarizmi 10y ago
In Spanish we have plenty of these false anglicisms, and we seem to be obsessed with the "-ing" English ending:
un smoking (lately adapted the ortography to "esmoquin") -> a tuxedo
un parking -> a garage, car park
hacer footing -> to do jogging
hacer zapping -> to channel hop (when viewing TV)
tuning -> customizing/accesorizing cars
un lifting -> a facelift
Also some hybrid anglicisms:
hacer puenting -> to bungee jump (from Spanish "puente", bridge)
hacer balconing -> to jump from a balcony, typically to a swimming pool (from Spanish "balcón", balcony).
And of course, some "true" anglicisms like catering, casting, camping, etc.
- seszett 10y agoAll of these are exactly the same in French though (apart from puenting). Now I wonder if they actually came from English in parallel or if some came by cross the Spanish/French border instead.
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