bluyín

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English blue jeans.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /bluˈʝin/ [bluˈʝĩn]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /bluˈʃin/ [bluˈʃĩn]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /bluˈʒin/ [bluˈʒĩn]

Rhymes: -in
Syllabification: blu‧yín

Noun

bluyín m (plural bluyines)

(chiefly in the plural) jeans
Synonym: yin

Further reading

“bluyín”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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