B2 – Upper intermediate
The Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) is very displeased by the series of English words being used in Spanish. This drove them to launch a campaign to fight against the so-called “English invasion”.
But what exactly are some anglicised words that you’d typical hear in daily conversations in Spain? Read the article below then express your thoughts.
Ten ‘English’ words adopted and adapted into Spanish
Discuss:
1. Are you familiar with these 10 words? Which words have you used?
2. Do you have a favourite Spanglish word?
3. Can you think of any more examples of anglicized slang?
4. What is your opinion about making English words part of the Spanish language? Should it really be stopped or not?
5. Have you seen the ads published by RAE? What do you make of them?
2 replies on “Ten Anglicised Words Spanish Use”
1. Yes I am. I have used all of them.
2. yes I have crack.
3. Spiderman. Iceberg
4. I think is fine. It enrich the vocabulary. Sometimes there are words that in english means something that doesn’t have a word with that specific meanining in spanish.
5. There are better ways to spend their money in different campaigns with the same objective. If you want to make spanish stronger, motivate children an adults to read boks in spanish.
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