The Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) made a final update this Monday to incorporate new words and meanings to the Dictionary of the Spanish Language (DLE) so that they can appear in its 24th edition. Among these 330 news You can find both new terms and words that already existed and were collected, but to which a new meaning was added. Among the most notable are brutal, simple, crowdfunding, ok, millennial or farlopa.
New words and meanings included by the RAE
- Aquaculture: Said of an animal or a plant: Which lives in water. Also belonging to or related to aquaculture or aquaculturist.
- Garlic and water: Colloquial expression that harshly indicates that you must settle for or resign yourself to something.
- allelopathy: Process by which a living being, generally a plant, secretes substances that influence, positively or negatively, another living being.
- allelopathic: Of or related to allelopathy.
- magic carpet: In tales and legends, generally oriental, a carpet capable of flying and transporting people very quickly.
- red carpet: Carpet, generally red, which is spread out to receive personalities or distinguished guests; also particularly deferential treatment or excessive permissiveness.
- under the carpet: Adverbial phrase that indicates that something is deliberately hidden.
- Amensalism: Symbiotic relationship between beings of different species, in which one is harmed and the other receives neither harm nor benefit.
- Antibiosis: Symbiotic relationship between beings, particularly microorganisms, in which one secretes substances that negatively affect the other.
- Archiving: Discipline which deals with the study of archives, conservation techniques, the organization and cataloging of documents, as well as the means of their use.
- Archiving: Archival science (discipline which deals with the study of archives).
- Bow: Arc-shaped thing.
- Brow archr: Arc-shaped bony relief located above the eye socket.
- Harpy: Fabulous winged animal, with the face of a woman and the body and claws of a bird of prey.
- Self-consumption: Production of energy, particularly renewable energy, for its own consumption.
- Question of self: Question you have to answer for yourself.
- you ask: Ask yourself a question, usually with the intention of thinking about it.
- Autovaccine: Vaccine prepared from microorganisms obtained from the patient himself or treatment with products extracted from him.
- Basil: Fabulous winged animal, with the head, chest and claws of a rooster, and the body of a snake, which kills with its gaze.
- Kiss: Said of a vehicle or its driver, colliding slightly with something or another vehicle.
- Bible: Document which presents the plot and the development of the characters of a television series.
- Bicentenary: Which has at least 200 years of age or existence, or commemoration of the two centuries.
- Biobank: Collection of biological samples for diagnostic or research purposes, or the institution that hosts them.
- Bioterrorism: Terrorism with biological weapons.
- Bioterrorist: Carrying out or relating to acts of bioterrorism.
- Bocachancla: Noisy person.
- Marriage for money: Marriage of interest with a rich person or of higher social class.
- Brutal: Magnificent or wonderful.
- Vulture: An unscrupulous person who seeks advantage at the expense of another, or who pursues another for a temporary sexual relationship.
- Cane: Spirit obtained from fermented sugar cane molasses; alcoholic drink.
- Digging: Cabinet or enclosure for storing wines or storing cigars.
- Midfield player: Player whose mission is to contain the rival’s advances in the center of the field and to help the defense and the attacker.
- Chamaco: Son or young man.
- Leaf: Bodywork of a car; sports medal; blocker in basketball; prostitution service; small amount of money; heavy speech.
- Plate: Lock someone up or close an establishment.
- Cat: Dull or boring presentation or speech.
- Squeak: Disagree or conflict; make something unpleasant.
- fifty: Belonging to or relating to the 16th century.
- Coconut Eater: Labyrinthine path video game in which you eat images.
- Commensalism: Symbiotic relationship in which one benefits and the other is unaffected.
- counter-reformist: Belonging or supporter of the Counter-Reformation.
- Court: Said of an animal, trying to attract another to mate.
- Cream: The best and most chosen part of something.
- Crowdfunding: Crowdfunding.
- Raw foods: Raw foods.
- Raw foods: Person who practices a raw diet.
- Raw foods: Diet based on the consumption of raw and unprocessed products.
- Rawdivore: Person who practices a raw diet.
- ice bucket: Container for making ice cubes or for keeping bottles cool.
- Rosacea: Skin disease characterized by redness of the cheeks and nose.
- Compensate: Mismatch or inadequacy.
- Demersal: Said of an organism or an aquatic space, which lives or is found in deep waters or close to the bottom.
- Exterminator: Who destroys rats or is professionally devoted to them.
- Exterminator: This destroys rats.
- Screwdriver: Cocktail prepared with vodka and orange juice.
- Diorama: Reproduction on a reduced scale and in three dimensions of a scene.
- Right: Broadcast or execution that is transmitted or executed at the same time as it is executed.
- Disruptive: This produces disturbances.
- Pharmacy: Establishment with extended opening hours where various items are sold and food is offered.
- Echo: Ultrasound.
- Freeze: Formation of a layer of ice on objects due to the impact of falls below zero.
- Engelante: Refers to rain or fog that freezes on impact.
- Episode: Brief and defined pathological event.
- Spectrum: Set of elements of the same class considered globally.
- breathalyzer: High precision breathalyzer.
- Label: Word or expression preceded by # to identify messages on social networks.
- Europhobia: Phobia of European things or the European Union.
- Europhobic: Who feels or belongs to Europhobia.
- exoskeleton: Hardened external structure of invertebrates or mechanical structure adapted to the human body.
- Falopa: Cocaine.
- Farlopa: Cocaine.
- Fixing: Official exchange rate of a currency.
- Format: Way in which something is presented or organized.
- Photonews: News given through a photograph accompanied by a caption.
- GIF: Format or short sequence of animated images.
- Glycidic: Belonging to or relating to carbohydrates.
- Graviton: Hypothetical quantum particle transmitting a gravitational interaction.
- Flu: Acute epidemic disease caused by viruses with respiratory manifestations.
- Hashtag: Social media etiquette.
- Hydrate: Bringing water to an organism, to the skin or to food.
- Contagiousness: Infectious quality.
- Immunity: Natural or acquired resistance to pathogens.
- Log in: Encrypted access via username and password.
- Microtheater: Theatrical format of short plays in small spaces.
- Millennium: Person born in the last decades of the 20th century.
- Mohair: Angora goat hair or fabric made from it.
- Mutualism: Symbiotic relationship from which both beings benefit.
- Newspeak: Language that distorts reality in favor of interests.
- Nunchack: Traditional martial arts weapon consisting of two sticks connected by a chain or strap.
- All right: Expression of approval or consent.
- exit: Store where the brand’s sales are sold at reduced prices.
- Outsider: Person who finds himself in a marginal position in relation to a group.
- Pacman: Comecocos video game.
- Piercing: Body piercing or adornment placed through it.
- More than perfect: Perfect to the highest degree.
- Prime: Highest quality product, service or person.
- Lung: Respiratory capacity or area of vegetation that produces oxygen.
- Resignify: Give something a new meaning.
- Mascara: Cosmetic for making up eyelashes.
- Simpa: Abandonment of premises without paying for what was consumed.
- streaming: Continuous transfer of audiovisual data over the Internet.
- Tangram: Chinese game of geometric figures.
- Teleport: Instantaneous transmission of information or imaginary transfer.
- Tetris: Geometric piece fitting video game.
- Texturing: Action and texturing effect.
- Texture: Action and texturing effect.
- Texturize: To give a certain texture to something
- Trecentist: Belonging to or relating to the 14th century.
- Tremolar: Make tremolos
- Three hundred, you: 14th century.
- Tercentenary, ria: This is at least 300 years old or exists, but does not reach 400.
- fallopian tube: Oviduct of women and female mammals in general.
- Truffle producer, ra: Belonging to or linked to truffle farming or person who is dedicated to truffle cultivation
- Tourismophobia: Phobia of mass tourism.
- Turismophobe, ca: Belonging to or linked to tourism phobia.
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