New words in the Spanish language dictionary

Language is constantly evolving. Today, we will review the new additions that the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language (RAE) incorporated in 2024. We await the significant modification planned for 2026, the tremendous twenty-fourth edition of the Dictionary of the Spanish Language (DLE). Meanwhile, this year’s additions total 4,381, although most correspond to subtle tweaks to words already included in dictionaries from previous years.

The most interesting part is the new additions, which total 90 words this year. These latest additions include: alien, antisionismo, bestializar, chundachunda, criptonita, ecofeminismo, enchufable, ficcionalizar, georradar, grisín, lambada, liberalista, machirulo motonieve, oscarizar, perreo, pixelar, posturear, previsional, reintroducir, retrogusto, sin hogarismo, sujetalibros, trampeo and videoarbitraje. 

There is also an abundance of foreign words (not just Anglicisms), such as aquaplaning, au pair, balconing, banner, big data, bobsleigh, boccia, bulldog, cookie, feng shui, grooming, laudatio, macguffin, parkour, post-it, sexting.

In addition to these foreign words, the new update of the Diccionario de la Lengua Española includes the incorporation of synonyms and antonyms, something that had never happened in the almost three hundred years since the publication of the first RAE dictionary. This new feature means that when looking up a word in the online dictionary, the definition appears, and next to the word, an icon that refers to synonyms and antonyms appears. Clicking on it breaks down the list of synonyms and antonyms available for that word, which was previously impossible to find in the dictionary.

As you can see, the new words are diverse. Let’s see, for example, what the word machirulo means. In the dictionary, there are two meanings:

1. colloquial derogatory adjective. Said of a person, especially a man, who exhibits a sexist attitude. Also used as a noun: There were several machirulos at the meeting.
2. colloquial derogatory adjective. Typical or characteristic of a machirulo. A very machirula.

Synonym: sexist, machista.

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