Dequeísmo

'''' is a phenomenon in Spanish grammar, considered "wrong" in prescriptive works. It is the practice of using instead of as the complementizer introducing a verbal complement clause. It can be seen as the opposite of , which involves using when is to be used.

For example, ("He told me that he was tired"), is a case of since the prescriptive construction is . is considered peculiar to less educated speakers, most likely as an instance of hypercorrection in the attempt to avoid or perhaps a conflation with the reflexive use, which can sometimes be quite superficially similar: (Grammatically normal, with a reflexive verb: "I am pleased...") (Prescriptively incorrect, non-reflexive , usually "It pleases me...")