Frespañol

Frespañol (also frañol or fragnol), is a portmanteau of the words français and español, which mean French and Spanish. The code-switching is a mixture between French and Spanish, almost always in speech, but may be used in writing occasionally. Frespañol is used when a speaker of French and Spanish cannot find adequate vocabulary in one language to communicate, so ends up using some of both languages.

Such code-switching, may be used or has been used in places where both languages meet, for example, by the Spanish immigrant community in France or the Latin American community in Quebec.

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