Castrapo (a
portmanteau
A portmanteau word, or portmanteau (, ) is a blend of words[Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
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in the region of
Galicia that uses much
Galician vocabulary and syntax.
The dictionary published by the Royal Galician Academy defines it as a "variation of the Spanish language, distinguished by the abundance of words and expressions taken from Galician language".
castrapo in RAG
/ref> It is Spanish with many Galician features, not the other way around.
For example, the phrase ''Close the window'' would be ''Pecha a ventana''. In standard Spanish, it would be ''Cierra la ventana'', in Galician, it would be ''Fecha/Pecha a ventá/xanela/fiestra'', and in Portuguese
Portuguese may refer to:
* anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal
** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
** Portuguese language, a Romance language
*** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language
** Portu ...
, it would be ''Fecha a janela''.
Galician reintegrationist groups, which advocate for the unity of Galician and Portuguese as a single language, also use the word ''Castrapo'' to refer disapprovingly to the current standard form of Galician, which they consider to be too much influenced by Spanish and unnaturally distanced from standard Portuguese.
Phonology
Final, unstressed and are frequently raised to and in the Spanish spoken in rural Galicia.
References
Bibliography
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External links
El español en contacto con el gallego
by Álvaro Porto Dapena. Ponencia en el II Congreso Internacional de la Lengua Española (Valladolid 2001) - in Spanish
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Galician language
Spanish dialects of Spain