Portmanteau
A Portmanteau is not a port and it is not a word, but a combination of words and their meanings into one.
One good example of that is the word Infomercial which is the result of the blending of the words Information and Commercial.
A Portmanteau takes from the meanings of the words that were used to make it up and at the same time it does not because it is created to refer to a new concept.
Here is another example: Brunch, a term that results from the combination of the words Breakfast and Lunch. It is neither but that quick meal that you take in the mid-morning, too late for breakfast and too early for lunch.
What is the translation of Portmanteau in Spanish? There is none for the meaning used here, but Portmanteau may also refer to what in Spanish is called BAUL DE VIAJE.
The name Guayaquil would be another example of a portmanteau.
One good example of that is the word Infomercial which is the result of the blending of the words Information and Commercial.
A Portmanteau takes from the meanings of the words that were used to make it up and at the same time it does not because it is created to refer to a new concept.
Here is another example: Brunch, a term that results from the combination of the words Breakfast and Lunch. It is neither but that quick meal that you take in the mid-morning, too late for breakfast and too early for lunch.
What is the translation of Portmanteau in Spanish? There is none for the meaning used here, but Portmanteau may also refer to what in Spanish is called BAUL DE VIAJE.
The name Guayaquil would be another example of a portmanteau.
Comments
I knew what Portmanteau involves but with other word like just “blending”, I didn’t know that we could call it as Portmanteau.
Interesting!
That is a good example when we talk about language evolution. Each word can be origined by the mix of other words. There are not limits.
That's sound interesting, I didn't know about this word.
I didn't know anything about it, to be honest but what I just read was very interesting. I would like to read more about it.
I agree with Sonia, there are so many words in English that there are combinations of two k more words, the same thing happens in Spanish. It is these types of words in English that make me think a lot about how many words in English I could combine.
Interesting information, I didn't know about the difference. I think it's very useful and will help us in many ways...
This proves me how the language keeps changing and the way we are used to hear those words in our daily life that we don’t realize the background or roots of them. Most of the time, we do not even recognize they are blending words. One more thing I found interesting in this post is the word ‘Portmanteau’, I haven’t heard that word before but now I know its meaning which is awesome.
One word: WOW!
I didn't know anything about it, to be honest but what I just read was very interesting. I would like to read more about it.
First of all, I had never heard that word sincerely unknown to its existence, I find it very interesting to see how much language has evolved today to the point of doing something like that (combining words and giving it a logical sense).
I knew about the word brunch and it is kind of funny because I always have it specially on weekends. You know what I mean
Interesting that both words differ of what they actually mean in French to something new in English. I knew about infomertial and brunch btw
I considered this a interesting and helpful information, I didn’t now this before and always is good to learn something new, I think I’m going to read more about it.
-Lingner Quintanilla D.
I had seen some others combinations of words such as workaholic (work + alcoholic), stan (stalker + fan), smog (smoke + fog, etc., and I consider they all sound great and are really important when it comes to mastering the language.
How interesting this topic! It is very important information to know. I would like to know more words and this learn better about this topic.
I think it is very important information that we must learn. Combine 2 words and form a different meaning. It is a topic that I would like to learn more about this information.
I always say, that we never finish to learn, because every day learn something different in this case the word infomercial and brunch, very interesting now to continue increase our vocabulary, to express ourselves better in new conversations.
This topic is interesting, I didn't know the meaning of Portmanteau , and I had never heard about it. Now, I was researching and I find out that the word "emoticon" that we use daily, is a Portmanteau, of the words emotion plus icon.
I like how we can combine the words to form a new word with a different meaning. I think it is very interesting to learn this topic, as it will help us to expand new vocabularies in a correct and easy way.
-Karla Alvarez Cercado
Carolina Sánchez Aráuz
I did not know about this word but I have seen many words like that, such as malware which is the union between malicious and software, or science and fiction which together is sci-fi. It is enriching to learn something new every day.
Andreina Castro Yagual
I'm learning so much, it's incredible how a blending can change the meaning.
I have heard some of those blending words and I use a lot the word "hungry", because I often feel like that.
-Zamora Parra Anthony.
-angela melissa fierro cauja
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Diana Zuñiga
The combination of words that helps us make our language more relevant every day.
I did not know the meaning of Portmanteau, but now that I know the meaning, I will use it.
Wow! Really, I have found it so interesting. I haven't known that there are this kind
of words in Englhish. It makes faster comunication.
I didn't know about the meaning of that word. And didn't think I would ever learn about it LMAO.
Alejandra Coronel