pitiyanqui
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- (Puerto Rico) someone who supports United States interventionism and imitates the culture of the United States
Etymology
Affix from French petit (little, small) + Spanish, Castilian yanqui (Yankee, American).
Origin
Spanish
yanqui
Gloss
Yankee, American
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Yankee English
- price English
- Petitjean French
- petiot French
- petit French
- petit filet French
- petit juif French
- petit nègre French
- petitement French
- petitesse French
- petitissime French
- antiyanqui Spanish, Castilian
- yanqui Spanish, Castilian
- petiz Portuguese
- プチ Japanese
- プチプライス Japanese
- petit Old French
- petti Faroese
- ti Haitian, Haitian Creole
- tipti Mauritian Creole