How to Say “Hobbit” in Spanish

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• While hobbit is the standard term, Spanish translations of Tolkien's work sometimes use the term mediano to describe the race, which literally means 'medium-sized'.
• Fans of the series in Spanish-speaking countries often debate whether to use the English borrowing hobbit or the translated mediano, creating a linguistic divide between different editions of the books.
• The term hobbit is treated as a foreign loanword that bypasses standard Spanish spelling rules, meaning it does not take an accent mark even if a Spanish word might require one in that position.