2023-09-06 09:00:08
The acronym medicanno medicaneis the appropriate one in Spanish to refer to a Mediterranean tropical cyclone.
However, in the media there are phrases such as “Strong storms and floods in Greece due to a medicane”, “Alert in Greece due to the formation of a medicane” or “A medicane causes historic rains and leaves deaths in several European countries”.
As explained by the RAE in your X account, the term medicanpl. medicanes(from Mediterranean y hurricane) is suitable as a calque of the English term medicane (of Mediterranean y hurricane), used to refer, in general, to “Mediterranean cyclones with tropical characteristics”as indicated in the meteorological glossary of the State Meteorological Agency.
are equally valid descriptive expressions Mediterranean tropical cyclone y mediterranean hurricane.
So in the previous examples it would have been preferable to write “Strong storms and floods in Greece due to a medican”, “Alert in Greece for the formation of a medican” and “A medican causes historic rains and leaves deaths in several European countries” .
Remember that, if you want to use Anglicism, it is appropriate to do it in italics or in quotation marks when this font is not available.
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