Language is a living thing and the Royal Spanish Academy, RAE, has just published a new electronic version of its dictionary. The Academy will publish the 23rd print edition of the dictionary in the autumn of 2014, but we can already consult the new words in the version on the RAE website. Newly accepted Spanish words and expressions include, ‘matrimonio homosexual’, ‘bloguero’ for blogger, ‘chatear’ adopted from English for computer contacts, espangish for mixing Spanish and English, friki adapted re-spelt from the English, SMS from phone messaging (as it is becoming rapidly obsolete) and tableta electrónica. and ‘usb' from the world of computers. 'Riesgo de crédito', credit risk, and 'riesgo soberano', sovereign risk, make the dictionary for the first time. There is a new word for cleavage, 'canalillo' which is literally ‘little channel’ in English, and the Japanese puzzle 'sudoko' is now common enough to gain its place.
