Gacería
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Gacería, also known as briquería or briquero, is a linguistic variant whose core has its origins between the 12th and 13th centuries, it was especially rooted during the 19th and 20th centuries as cant and slang within the professional world of threshing and farming implement manufacturers, cattle dealers as well as other traditional commercial activities, although its use is not limited to work activity.
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- Instance of
- language variety
- Subclass of
- West Iberian
- Country
- Spain
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- has grammatical mood
- indicative
- Commons category
- Gacería
- writing system
- Latin script
- indigenous to
- Segovia Province
- has grammatical case
- nominative case
- has grammatical gender
- feminine
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Gacería, also known as briquería or briquero, is a linguistic variant whose core has its origins between the 12th and 13th centuries, it was especially rooted during the 19th and 20th centuries as cant and slang within the professional world of threshing and farming implement manufacturers, cattle dealers as well as other traditional commercial activities, although its use is not limited to work activity.
It is spoken especially in the Segovian city of Cantalejo and neighboring municipalities, although it is lukewarmly extended in other areas of the province of Segovia, in Castile and León, Spain.
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