When the Royal Academy of Language (RAE) begins to update the Dictionary of the Spanish Languagehe does it consciously. There are almost 5,000 new features, with new words like “dana”, “teleworking” and “developer”. Also new meanings of previously collected entries, amendments to existing articles and deletions.
Personally, I have been surprised to discover that words like “developer” or “telework“were not yet in the dictionary, even though they have been used in everyday language for years.
There are not many words from the technological field that make it to the dictionary. In addition to those mentioned, “scalability“.
The new words of the Dictionary of the Spanish Language in 2024
Others new words from the Dictionary of the Spanish Language in 2024 They are “spoiler”, “granularity”, “macro survey” or “serum”. And complex forms, that is, those composed of more than one word, such as “health center”, “mobile unit”, or “comfort zone”.
In the field of gastronomy, “barista”, “frapé”, “infusion”, “tabouleh”, “umami”, “varietal” or “wasabi” are making their debut.
The RAE He has not only added new words or expressions. Also, new meanings of existing ones. For example, it now recognizes “season,” as a set of episodes of a series or show.
He Dictionary of the Spanish language has the participation of the 23 Spanish language academies present around the worldso words widely used in other countries are also introduced, not only in Spain.
For example, they have included the American words “azotehuela”, “parrillar”, “posnet” or “pósnet” or the foreign word “sulky”.
Finally, the web version of the Dictionary of the Spanish Language It has been updated with a more modern image, and different aesthetic changes.
There are more than 5,000 new features in update 23.8 of the Dictionary of the Spanish Language, in 2024. The technological field does not have much prominence, but it introduces words like “teleworking”, “developer” or “scalability”:
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