Micromachismo, conspiracy, portuñol… These are the new words that enter the RAE Dictionary

Every December, the children of San Ildefonso sing the lottery numbers and Paz Battaner, director of the Dictionary of the Spanish Language, sings (it is a saying) the new words that enter the RAE. Here are a few, as starters: micromachismo (a form of machismo that manifests itself in small acts), anti-community (I reject any community in general and the European Union in particular), dotcom (as an old adjective) and cyberpunk (as a genre literary and cinematographic). In total, more than three thousand modifications have been made to the Dictionary and almost three hundred novelties have been added, including new terms and meanings. From the world of gastronomy comes panetón (used in America) and panetone, sancocho (referring to the Canarian stew) and compango (a set of meat, smoked or sausage ingredients, with which fabada and some stews are made). From the natural sciences, voices belonging to zoology such as dingo, warthog and manta ray are incorporated: three animals that now have a home at the Academy. And from the rest of the sciences, a myriad of technicalities: irradiance (a magnitude of radiant flux), sauropod (a large, herbivorous dinosaur), reductase (a type of enzyme). From idle technology, gamer. Health, single dose, hyperimmune and goggles (oxygen): reminiscences of the pandemic. And if we take out the magnifying glass we read: micropatronage, micropatronage, microplastic and nanoscience. There are delicious colloquialisms: gusa (hungry), rular (to function, march), ma (mom), pa (dad), forro (from Mexico: very attractive person), mamitis (excessive attachment to the mother), portuñol (cocktail from Spanish and Portuguese) and levantar (a new meaning: to enter into a temporary love or sexual relationship with someone). There is also pota (vomit), but it is not delicious. And dirty as a synonym for pornographic. And slutty session as a complex form. But after still has no entry (in the dictionary, that is). Related News standard No Ecocide, apocalypse, sexdoping… These are the candidates for word of the year 2022 SC The Urgent Spanish Foundation (FundéuRAE), promoted by the Royal Spanish Academy and the EFE Agency, will choose the winner on December 29 From Julio Cortázar the adjective cortazariano has been created, and from Gabriel García Márquez, the more complicated garciamarquiano. There are two definitions made with a template: belonging or relative to (and here we introduce the name that suits us). It’s like choose your own adventure. Wasn’t ‘hopscotch’ something like that? From the world of art, finally, come curator (synonymous with curator) and curatorship (conservation and supervision of works of art, especially for their exhibition). And from the bullfighting añojo (calf that is one year old and not two), eral (calf that is two years old and not three), steer (beef that is three years old and not four) and utrero (synonymous with the previous one). And of music, violagambista. And conspiracy and conspiracy theorist is already accepted. MORE INFORMATION Santiago Muñoz Machado re-elected as director of the RAE Among the novelties are the last words that were discussed in the Docta Casa at the initiative of Javier Marías, who died in September. They are: hagioscope (opening or small window made in the wall of a church, from where the altar can be seen), supervened (imposted, artificial) and traslaticio (belonging or relative to the translation). In the latter it is seen that the writer thought by ear, that he aspired for words to be music. [Consulta todas las novedades desde este enlace ].