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RAE adds Puerto Rican slang “corillo” to dictionary

The academy defines “corillo” as a masculine noun meaning a friendly group from Puerto Rico.

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The Royal Spanish Academy's Diccionario de la lengua española now carries "corillo" - a masculine noun of Puerto Rican usage defined as a group of people who relate to one another through friendship or a common interest.[1] [2] The entry sits in the dictionary's 24th edition, which the RAE presented as the first edition conceived from its digital version and the first full reset since 2014.[3] [4] [5] [6] Puerto Rico enters the edition with two headline words: "corillo" and "cangrimán," the latter selected by the Academia Puertorriqueña de la Lengua Española to represent the island at the presentation event, as Metro reported on Nov. 7.[7] [8] The edition adds 1,490 demonyms and 1,570 words proposed by the individual academies for particular countries, within 99,990 articles and roughly 209,000 meanings across 3,606 pages - and marks 20,672 meanings as usages particular to American Spanish.[9] [10] [11] For a word Puerto Ricans use every day for their crew of friends, the practical effect is simple: it now sits in the reference work serving more than 600 million Spanish speakers.[12]
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  1. The RAE defines 'corillo' as a masculine noun originating from Puerto Rico meaning a group of people connected by friendship or common interest. · Primera HoraPuerto Rico
  2. corillo is defined as a group of people connected by friendship or common interest for Puerto Rico usage. · dle.rae.esSpain
  3. This page displays the 24th edition of the Diccionario de la lengua española. · dle.rae.esSpain
  4. RAE presented edition 24 of the Diccionario de la Lengua Española. · metro.prPuerto Rico
  5. This is the first DLE edition conceived from its digital version. · metro.prPuerto Rico
  6. The prior DLE edition was published in 2014. · metro.prPuerto Rico
  7. Puerto Rico is represented by words corillo and cangrimán in this edition. · metro.prPuerto Rico
  8. Cangrimán was selected to represent Puerto Rico at the presentation event. · metro.prPuerto Rico
  9. 1490 demonyms and 1570 regional Spanish words were added to this edition. · metro.prPuerto Rico
  10. Edition 24 has two hardcover volumes, 3606 pages, 99990 articles, around 209000 meanings. · metro.prPuerto Rico
  11. The dictionary includes 20672 meanings for American Spanish regional usages. · metro.prPuerto Rico
  12. The 24th print DLE is a reference work for over 600 million Spanish speakers. · dle.rae.esSpain
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