Just as certain innocuous American expressions, like ""fanny pack,"" should never be used in London, certain Spanish words, like ""coger,"" are perfectly acceptable in Madrid and perfectly vulgar in ...

The Michigan Department of Corrections has banned dictionaries in Spanish and Swahili, contending the material may incite violence. Corrections officials claim books and dictionaries in Spanish and ...

The Spanish Royal Academy has added "perreo" to its dictionary, but the term's been around for decades. The move puts a spotlight on the dance and its significance in reggaetón music. This is the time ...

With the end of the year in sight, the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) has updated its dictionary, incorporating new words that reflect the use of Spanish in 2024. It is the second most widely spoken ...

Dictionary apps are always convenient – whether you are accommodating to life in a new country, learning a new language for kicks, or simply wanting to check the meaning of a few words you didn’t ...

Spanish and Taiwanese scholars have discovered the world’s oldest extant and largest Spanish-Chinese dictionary at the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Archives. The 400-year-old “Dictionario Hispanico ...

THE third volume of Deinhardt and Schlomann's illustrated technical dictionary cannot fail to prove of enormous value in international relations. The idea is quite original. The dictionary is in six ...