-@

English

Symbol

-@

  1. Forming gender-neutral versions of Spanish-derived words by replacing both the masculine -o and feminine -a; by extension sometimes used to blend other pairs of words that differ by ending in -o vs -a.
    e.g. Chican@, Filipin@, Latin@, Mestiz@; Kosov@; Pin@y

See also

Portuguese

Suffix

-@ (plural -@s)

  1. (leftist slang) gender-neutral desinence, replacing -o and -a

Spanish

Suffix

-@ (plural -@s)

  1. (leftist slang) gender-neutral desinence, replacing -o and -a
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