The Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) today presented the electronic version 23.8.1 of the Dictionary of the Spanish Language. This is the digital version of the 24th edition that will go on sale in paper in 2026.
The dictionary update adds 330 new featuresfrom new words to new meanings of already known words. There are a few new tech wordsamong them many Anglicisms, such as gif, hashtag, mailing, smartphone y streamingwhich are added to the Dictionary of the Spanish Language.
The RAE It expands the dictionary based on the popularity of the terms, even if they go against orthodoxy. Here the language of the street rules.
The new technological words of the RAE
The verb is incorporated as a term fully adapted to Spanish spelling log inwith the meaning of «access through identification and password to a computer, a website or a computer program, network or system.»
They are added as crude foreign words, that is, maintaining the spelling of the language from which they come and, therefore, they must be written in italics. are the terms gif, hashtag, mailing, smartphone, y streaming.
According to the dictionary, gif It is “the standard format for storing animated images, widely used on the Internet.” Hashtag It means “label.” Mailing It is the “generalized sending of information, propaganda or advertising through the mail.”
Finally, a Smartphone It is a “smart phone”, and Streaming refers to “the continuous transfer of data over the Internet that allows a user to access live or delayed audiovisual transmissions, without having to previously download the content to the device.”
Other words that have been added to the dictionary are millennial, tourismophobia, graviton, narcoleptic and martianada. In this PDF you can see the complete list.
He Dictionary of the Spanish Language It has the participation of the 23 Spanish language academies present around the world, so it is a common dictionary for all Spanish speakers.
That is why localisms are also added. For example, terms such as morroused colloquially in El Salvador and Mexico to name a child or boy.
From now on, gif, hashtag, mailing y streamingthey are already part of the Spanish language. But remember, since they are Anglicized words, they are still written in italics.