By definition, all living languages are in a state of change — and it shouldn’t come as a surprise that as a result dictionaries change too. According to articles from Europapress.es and EFE today, the Spanish Royal Academy has made 2,996 changes to its authoritative online dictionary, including the addition of 408 entries.
Among the words not previously listed are oenegé (a nongovernmental organization, from the abbreviation ONG, the equivalent of “NGO” in English), sostenibilidad (sustainability), grafitero (graffiti artist),
Newly Recognized Spanish Words Include Cultureta, Jet Lag and Homófobo originally appeared on About.com Spanish Language on Thursday, July 29th, 2010 at 11:18:07.