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Spanish language has evolved over time, and during 21st century, young people has taken new words.

This new vocabulary in Spanish includes words and expressions used by young people in Spanish language and characterizes for being short, using foreign words from English, and adapted to new technologies, like dating apps, with the word "hacer un next".

Examples

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (January 2025)

Some examples include:

  1. Fife refers to all those generally heterosexual men who likes football. They are also considered to be machist and even racists.
  2. En plan… (transl. In plan…) is generally used to explain something, like o sea… (transl. I mean…).
  3. Petarlo (no word in English) is make something epic, incredible… Fundéu said that a "18th century term like “petar” has become slang in the 21st".

References

  1. CampusELE (2022-02-08). "Vocabulario moderno juvenil". Campus ELE (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2025-01-04.
  2. Assistant, Villa Contact (2022-03-02). "Top 10: New Spanish slang terms". Villa Contact. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
  3. "Jerga juvenil/España - Wikilengua". www.wikilengua.org. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
  4. Díaz, María del Pilar (2024-07-08). "Una divulgadora lingüística te explica cuáles son los términos que están más de moda en internet". elconfidencial.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-01-04.
  5. Bertol, Noelia (2024-06-17). "¿Qué significa ser 'potaxie' o 'fife'? Jennifer López lo explica". Cadena Dial (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-01-04.
  6. Sánchez, Anastasia (2024-06-13). "¿Qué es ser un fife o un potaxie? El nuevo lenguaje viral entre los más jóvenes". Diario Sport (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-01-04.
  7. "La interesante evolución de la palabra que lo está petando". www.fundeu.es (in Spanish). 2015-07-07. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
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