The RAE incorporates 81 Venezuelanisms and 126 gentilicians
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Published at: 06/11/2026 10:04 PM
The Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) and the Association of Academies of the Spanish Language (ASALE) formally incorporated 81 new Venezuelanisms and 126 gentiles from Venezuelan cities in the recently published 24th edition of the Dictionary of the Spanish Language (DLE).
The announcement was made by writer, chronicler and teacher Luis Barrera Linares, a member of the Venezuelan Academy of Language (AVL) and corresponding member of the RAE and the Chilean Academy of Language.
Among the Venezuelanisms that debut on the pages and in the digital version of this new edition, there are everyday words such as disgusting, guayoyo, sifrino, mandoca, matraquear, verging, rasquitera, caligüeva, hooking up, catajaperros, cognaza, colletear, arbiate, antiparabolic, pichacar, machete, bark, disgusting, verging and cachaça.
In addition, the repertoire includes 126 local gentiles, including Acarigüeño, Zaraceño, Anaquense, Altagraciano, Barbarense, Baruteño, Boconesa and Calaboceño.
Mazo News Team