amiguismo

Portuguese

Etymology

From amigo (“friend”) +‎ -ismo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.miˈɡiz.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.miˈɡiz.mu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.miˈɡiʒ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.miˈɡiz.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.miˈɡiʒ.mu/ [ɐ.miˈɣiʒ.mu]

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -izmu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʒmu
• Hyphenation: a‧mi‧guis‧mo

Noun

amiguismo m (uncountable)

1. cronyism (favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications)

Further reading

• “amiguismo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From amigo +‎ -ismo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amiˈɡismo/ [a.miˈɣ̞iz.mo]
• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: a‧mi‧guis‧mo

Noun

amiguismo m (plural amiguismos)

1. cronyism (favoritism to friends without regard for their qualifications)

Related terms

• amiguista

Further reading

• “amiguismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10