pie

Inherited from Old Spanish pie, from Latin pedem.
Cognate with Asturian pie, Galician and Portuguese pé, and Catalan peu. As an English unit, a calque of English foot.


minúscula

(orthography) minuscule, lower-case letter, small letter


mayúscula

Borrowed from Latin maiusculus. Cognate with English majuscule.


minúsculo

es-adj

minúsculo (feminine minúscula, masculine plural minúsculos, feminine plural minúsculas)

minúscula (feminine)
minúsculos (masculine plural)
minúsculas (feminine plural)

From Latin minusculus, from minus (“less”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).


metro

→ Tagalog: metro

Borrowed from French mètre, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”).

der

(poetry, music) metre (the rhythm or measure in verse and musical composition)


cedilla

→ English: cedilla

desctree

→ French: cédille
→ English: cédille
→ Finnish: sedilji
→ German: Cedille

→ Italian: cediglia

→ Portuguese: cedilha

→ Romanian: sedilă

From Old Spanish ceda (“letter Z”) + -illa (diminutive suffix); cognate with modern Spanish zeta.


Mercurio

planets of the Solar System: planeta del sistema solar: Mercurio · Venus · Tierra · Marte · Júpiter · Saturno · Urano · Neptuno [edit]

(newspapers) a Chilean daily national newspaper


tinta

→ Tagalog: tinta

→ Tataltepec Chatino: tintya

→ Yogad: tinta

Inherited from Latin tincta (“dyed”), perfect passive participle of tingō (“dye”, verb). Cognate with English tint, Dutch tint, Estonian tint, French teinte, German Tinte, Hungarian tinta, Italian tinta, Luxembourgish Tintin, and Portuguese tinta.


artículo

Borrowed from Latin articulus. Compare the inherited doublet artejo.


cronista

es-noun

cronista m or f by sense (plural cronistas)


cuña

From cuño or from Vulgar Latin *cunea, from Latin cuneus. Compare Portuguese cunha.


grafo

(writing) abstract representation of graphies representing letters


reportero

reportero m (plural reporteros, feminine reportera, feminine plural reporteras)

reporteros (plural)
reportera (feminine)
reporteras (feminine plural)

El reportero, que colaboró The New York Times y otros medios anglosajones, y el indigenista desaparecieron en la línea de frente de una guerra, un lugar donde confluyen los cazadores y pescadores furtivos, madereros y mineros ilegales y por el que pasan rutas del narcotráfico internacional.

2022 June 17, Naiara Galarraga Gortázar, “La policía confirma que uno de los fallecidos en la Amazonia es el periodista británico Dom Phillips”, in El País, retrieved 2022-06-18:


copete

Diminutive of copo (lock, group of hairs, threads, wires, straws, close to be spun).

(journalism, Latin America) lead; lead-in (of an article)


esdrújulo

es-adj

esdrújulo (feminine esdrújula, masculine plural esdrújulos, feminine plural esdrújulas)

esdrújula (feminine)
esdrújulos (masculine plural)
esdrújulas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Italian sdrucciolo. Compare Portuguese esdrúxulo and Catalan esdrúixol.

sobresdrújulo

stressed on the preantepenultimate syllable

(poetry, of a verse) ending in a proparoxytone word


esdrújulo

(poetry) a verse ending in a proparoxytone word


prosodia

From Latin prosōdia, from Ancient Greek προσῳδία (prosōidía), from πρός (prós, “to”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).


anapesto

Borrowed from Latin anapaestus, from Ancient Greek ἀνάπαιστος (anápaistos, “struck back, reversed”).


acento grave

[aˌθẽn̪.t̪o ˈɣ̞ɾa.β̞e]


métrica

(poetry, music) meter (rhythm or measure in verse and musical composition)


alexandrino

es-noun

alexandrino m (plural alexandrinos, feminine alexandrina, feminine plural alexandrinas)

alexandrinos (plural)
alexandrina (feminine)
alexandrinas (feminine plural)


cartelera

(journalism) ents section (of a newspaper)


yambo

Borrowed from Latin ïambus, from Ancient Greek ἴαμβος (íambos).


anfíbraco

Borrowed from Latin amphibrachys, from Ancient Greek ἀμφίβραχυς (amphíbrakhus, literally “short at both ends”), from ἀμφί (amphí, “around”) + βραχύς (brakhús, “short”).


anfímacro

Borrowed from Latin amphimācrus, from Ancient Greek ἀμφίμακρος (amphímakros, literally “long at both ends”), from ἀμφί (amphí, “around”) + μακρός (makrós, “long”).


villancico

→ English: villancico

→ Galician: vilancico

→ Portuguese: vilancico, vilhancico

From villano (“peasant”), from Medieval Latin vīllānus (“villager”).

(music, poetry) villancico (traditional Spanish or Portuguese folk song)


antibaquio

Borrowed from Latin antibacchius, from Ancient Greek ἀντιβάκχειος (antibákkheios).

ἀντιβάκχειος


ripio

Uncertain. Perhaps ultimately from Latin repleō (“to fill up”).


Marino

(newspapers) a Chilean daily regional newspaper


alejandrino

es-adj

alejandrino (feminine alejandrina, masculine plural alejandrinos, feminine plural alejandrinas)

alejandrina (feminine)
alejandrinos (masculine plural)
alejandrinas (feminine plural)

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin Alexandrīnus.


troqueo

From Latin trochaeus, from Ancient Greek τροχαιος (trokhaios)


octavilla

rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines

(poetry) a poem of eight lines consisting of two redondillas which share rhymes


quintilla

(poetry) a poem of five lines with eight syllables or less


sextilla

(poetry) a poem of six lines, generally with eight syllables per line


Merculo

Blend of Mercurio (“the Chilean daily national newspaper”) + culo (“ass”).

blend

El título de su dossier, El Merculo, peca de muy poco ingenioso y primario, aunque su contenido suele ser fascinante.

1999, Rocinante: arte, cultura y sociedad:

Esto, porque el 15 de octubre de 1999, Daniel Ramos inscribió en Nic Chile [...] la dirección web de un diario humorístico titulado "El Merculo" (www.elmerculo.cl).

2014 January 16, “El Merculo presenta: lo que se viene para Chile si Perú gana en La Haya”, in The Clinic:

(Chile, newspapers, derogatory) Mercurio (the Chilean daily newspaper)


articulismo

La única actividad que ha alternado con la novela ha sido el articulismo literario —las espléndidas semblanzas que agrupó bajo diversos títulos y en diversos medios— y la colaboración en proyectos cinematográficos como guionista".

2015 July 31, “Los 10 libros de la semana”, in El País:

(journalism) the art of writing newspaper articles


égloga

From Latin ecloga, from Ancient Greek ἐκλογή (eklogḗ, “selection”).


reporteril

es-adj

reporteril m or f (masculine and feminine plural reporteriles)

reporteriles (feminine masculine plural)

El excesivo celo de los militares también ocasionó roces con los equipos reporteriles de distintos medios de comunicación que exigían acceso al Parlamento.

2016 January, “La mañana en que todos quisieron entrar a la Asamblea”, in El Nacional:


encabalgar

es-verb

encabalgar (first-person singular present encabalgo, first-person singular preterite encabalgué, past participle encabalgado)

encabalgo (first-person present singular)
encabalgué (first-person preterite singular)
encabalgado (participle past)
encabalgar (infinitive)
encabalgando (gerund)
encabalgado (masculine participle past singular)
encabalgada (feminine participle past singular)
encabalgados (masculine participle past plural)
encabalgadas (feminine participle past plural)
encabalgo (first-person indicative present singular)
encabalgas (indicative informal present second-person singular)
encabalgás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
encabalga (indicative present singular third-person)
encabalgamos (first-person indicative plural present)
encabalgáis (indicative plural present second-person)
encabalgan (indicative plural present third-person)
encabalgaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
encabalgabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
encabalgaba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
encabalgábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
encabalgabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
encabalgaban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
encabalgué (first-person indicative preterite singular)
encabalgaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
encabalgó (indicative preterite singular third-person)
encabalgamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
encabalgasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
encabalgaron (indicative plural preterite third-person)
encabalgaré (first-person future indicative singular)
encabalgarás (future indicative second-person singular)
encabalgará (future indicative singular third-person)
encabalgaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
encabalgaréis (future indicative plural second-person)
encabalgarán (future indicative plural third-person)
encabalgaría (conditional first-person indicative singular)
encabalgarías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
encabalgaría (conditional indicative singular third-person)
encabalgaríamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
encabalgaríais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
encabalgarían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
encabalgue (first-person present singular subjunctive)
encabalgues (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
encabalgués (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
encabalgue (present singular subjunctive third-person)
encabalguemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
encabalguéis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
encabalguen (plural present subjunctive third-person)
encabalgara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
encabalgaras (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
encabalgara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
encabalgáramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
encabalgarais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
encabalgaran (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
encabalgase (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
encabalgases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
encabalgase (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
encabalgásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
encabalgaseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
encabalgasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
encabalgare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
encabalgares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
encabalgare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
encabalgáremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
encabalgareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
encabalgaren (future plural subjunctive third-person)
encabalga (imperative informal second-person singular)
encabalgá (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
encabalgue (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
encabalgue (imperative singular third-person)
encabalguemos (first-person imperative plural)
encabalgad (imperative plural second-person)
encabalguen (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
encabalguen (imperative plural third-person)
encabalgues (imperative negative second-person singular)
encabalgue (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
encabalgue (imperative negative singular third-person)
encabalguemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
encabalguéis (imperative negative plural second-person)
encabalguen (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
encabalguen (imperative negative plural third-person)
encabalgarme (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
encabalgarte (combined-form dative infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
encabalgarle (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
encabalgarse (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
encabalgarnos (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
encabalgaros (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
encabalgarles (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
encabalgarse (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
encabalgarme (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
encabalgarte (accusative combined-form infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
encabalgarlo (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
encabalgarla (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
encabalgarse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
encabalgarnos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
encabalgaros (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
encabalgarlos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
encabalgarlas (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
encabalgarse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
encabalgándome (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-singular)
encabalgándote (combined-form dative gerund object-second-person object-singular)
encabalgándole (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
encabalgándose (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
encabalgándonos (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-plural)
encabalgándoos (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-second-person)
encabalgándoles (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
encabalgándose (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
encabalgándome (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-singular)
encabalgándote (accusative combined-form gerund object-second-person object-singular)
encabalgándolo (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
encabalgándola (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
encabalgándose (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
encabalgándonos (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-plural)
encabalgándoos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-second-person)
encabalgándolos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
encabalgándolas (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
encabalgándose (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
encabálgame (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
encabálgate (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
encabálgale (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
encabálganos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
encabálgales (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
encabálgame (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
encabálgate (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
encabálgalo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
encabálgala (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
encabálganos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
encabálgalos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
encabálgalas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
encabalgame (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
encabalgate (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
encabalgale (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
encabalganos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
encabalgales (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
encabalgame (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
encabalgate (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
encabalgalo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
encabalgala (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
encabalganos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
encabalgalos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
encabalgalas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
encabálgueme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
encabálguele (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
encabálguese (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
encabálguenos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
encabálgueles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
encabálgueme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
encabálguelo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
encabálguela (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
encabálguese (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
encabálguenos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
encabálguelos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
encabálguelas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
encabalguémoste (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
encabalguémosle (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
encabalguémonos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
encabalguémoos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
encabalguémosles (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
encabalguémoste (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
encabalguémoslo (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
encabalguémosla (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
encabalguémonos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
encabalguémoos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
encabalguémoslos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
encabalguémoslas (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
encabalgadme (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
encabalgadle (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
encabalgadnos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
encabalgaos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
encabalgadles (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
encabalgadme (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
encabalgadlo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
encabalgadla (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
encabalgadnos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
encabalgaos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
encabalgadlos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
encabalgadlas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
encabálguenme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
encabálguenle (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
encabálguennos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
encabálguenles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
encabálguense (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
encabálguenme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
encabálguenlo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
encabálguenla (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
encabálguennos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
encabálguenlos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
encabálguenlas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
encabálguense (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *incaballicāre.


centimetraje

El país ganará más cuando los periódicos dediquen a la crítica de arte el mismo centimetraje que le dedican al cotilleo y al deporte.

2017 May 13, “Didascalia: Mario Crespo: “El arte de hablar de un país sin mencionarlo””, in El Nacional:

(journalism) coverage in a newspaper, measured by centimetres of text


canutazo

En el argot periodístico llamamos 'canutazo' -por la forma de los micrófonos- a esas declaraciones de 'aquí te pillo, aquí te grabo', comparencias fugaces y aparentemente informales que se están convirtiendo en el medio de expresión más habitual de los políticos.

2011 May 9, Ana Nuin, “El canutazo”, in El Norte de Castilla:

En la jerga profesional, el canutazoson esas improvisadas comparecencias con muchísimas alcachofas de radio y televisión,

2018 October 17, Juan M. Niza, “Adictos al ‘canutazo’”, in Diario Córdoba:

2020 October 29, El Chau-Chau, “Los canutazos son una amenaza para los periodistas”, in El Confidencial Digital:

(Spain, colloquial, journalism) improvised press conferenced in which journalists stand around the celebrity (mainly a politician), bringing their microphones close to him/her