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Madrid / The Royal Academy has modified, after the request of “several” citizens, associations and organizations, the fifth meaning of the adjective “fácil” so that it does not refer to “woman” who “allows having sexual relations easily” but to “person”, sources from the institution told EFE.
Although RAE has decided since the last update of its online dictionary (DLE), in 2017, that the modifications will be made annually each December, the entity decided on March 8 to incorporate the aforementioned reform, as well as others.
The decision to make the changes, last Thursday, have specified the same sources, had “no relationship” with that on that date is celebrated the Day of Working Women.
“For a long time the House had approved the amendment for that meaning and did not want to wait 9 months to incorporate it because it was going to make a revision of errata and a contribution of information to the thematic classification”, have added the sources from RAE.
The “merit” of having adopted the variation corresponds, they have said, “to all the people, anonymous and famous, and organizations and associations that had requested it and none in particular”.
The fifth meaning of the word “fácil” indicated “especially said of a woman: who allows having sexual relations easily” and now it appears “a person who allows having sexual relations easily”.
Among other changes incorporated last Thursday, there are the change in the order of the meanings of the verb “absolver”, the elimination of “esenciales” in the definition of “ácido glutamático”, or the cursive writing of the word “pinky”.
About the request of the Círculo Fortuny, an association that represents high-end Spanish companies and industries, so that the meaning of “lujo” is modified because the existing one is “negative” because of its identification with “the rich”, the same sources have pointed out that “the word is under review”, that a possible change has not yet been approved and that, if it were done, it could be added in December. (March 15, 2018, EFE/Practica Español)
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Comprehension
Lee la noticia, ve el vídeo y responde las preguntas. (Read, watch and answer the questions)
Question 1 |
la RAE ha publicado recientemente la nueva edición de un diccionario . | |
la RAE ha realizado una serie de cambios en su diccionario. | |
la RAE no realizará ningún cambio a ninguna de las palabras de su diccionario. |
Question 2 |
está estudiando si modificará o no uno de los significados de la palabra ‘fácil’. | |
realizará la modificación de uno de los significados de la palabra ‘fácil’ a finales de año. | |
modificó un significado de la palabra ‘fácil’ que hacía referencia a la mujer.
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Question 3 |
esta hará referencia solo a la mujer.
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antes esta hacía referencia solo a la mujer.
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esta jamás hizo referencia a la mujer.
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Question 4 |
para que el término ‘fácil’ no haga referencia solo a la mujer.
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para que el término ‘fácil’ solo esté relacionado con las mujeres.
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para que se eliminen todas las acepciones de la palabra ‘fácil’. |
Question 5 |
Para nada.
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¡Imposible saberlo! | |
Claro que sí.
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Question 6 |
para que tenga ahora un significado relacionado con las personas ricas.
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porque la actual no recoge el aspecto negativo de este término. | |
para que no haga referencia a las personas adineradas.
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Question 7 |
de la nueva edición del Diccionario de la RAE.
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de cuándo se fundó la RAE. | |
de una nueva recomendación de la RAE.
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Question 8 |
la RAE ha incluido los términos ‘Google’ y ‘Facebook’.
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la RAE ha incluido términos relacionados con Internet y las redes sociales.
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la RAE no ha añadido ningún término nuevo a su diccionario.
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Question 9 |
Verdadero.
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Falso.
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No se sabe. |
Question 10 |
millones de americanismos. | |
miles de americanismos.
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solo unos cientos de americanismos.
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Review grammar notes: ‘para’ and ‘para que’ + subjunctive