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Esternocleidooccipitomastoideos (31 letters) is the plural of the noun esternocleidooccipitomastoideo, which is the sternocleidomastoid, a muscle in the human neck.[1] The word has a 22-letter synonym: esternocleidomastoideo,[2][3][4] which is shorter because it omits the Latin prefix occipito- (‘occipital’).[5] Both words are abbreviated as ECOM.[4]
The 24-letter word electroencefalografistas, plural of electroencefalografista, means ‘electroencephalographists’ or ‘electroencephalographers’: specialists in the brain measurement technology of electroencephalography (EEG).[3][6]
The 23-letter adverb anticonstitucionalmente means ‘anticonstitutionally’.[7] Anticonstitucionalmente is also the Portuguese translation; the French translation, anticonstitutionnellement, is an exceptionally long word as well (25 letters).[7]
Long words[edit]
In the table below, all of the Spanish nouns except for arteriosclerosis can be pluralised by adding an s (es for internacionalizaciones) to the end. The adjective otorrinolaringológico can also be pluralised with an s; the plurals of the other adjectives end in es.
The RAE column indicates whether the Real Academia Española lists and defines the word in the Diccionario de la lengua española, its official dictionary.
See also[edit]
- Longest words
- Longest word in English
- Longest word in French
- Longest word in Romanian
- Longest word in Turkish
- Cognate
- List of English–Spanish interlingual homographs
- Most common words in Spanish
References[edit]
- ^ a b Roldán Calzado, Juan Luis (2008). «La palabra más larga». Me la juego a letras (in Spanish). Lulu Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-4092-2893-6. Retrieved 15 March 2017 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b «esternocleidomastoideo». RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- ^ a b c Erichsen, Gerald (15 June 2014). «What Is the Longest Word in Spanish?». ThoughtCo. About, Inc. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
- ^ a b Peninou, Gilles; Tixa, Serge (2010). «Introducción local: el cuello». Las tensiones musculares: Del diagnóstico al tratamiento (in Spanish). Barcelona: Elsevier Masson. p. 4. ISBN 978-84-458-2015-5. OCLC 889248601. Retrieved 15 March 2017 – via Google Books.
- ^ «occipito-«. Merriam Webster Medical Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
- ^ a b «electroencefalografista». RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- ^ a b c Sundem, Garth (2009). «The Longest Words in Many Languages». The Geeks’ Guide to World Domination. New York: Three Rivers Press. p. 185. ISBN 978-0-307-45034-0. OCLC 232980435. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f «Cuáles son las palabras más largas en español (y cuales son las falsas o inventadas)». Solosequenosenada (in Spanish). 2 April 2010.
- ^ «electroencefalografía». RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ «otorrinolaringológico». RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ «internacionalización». RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ «electroencefalograma». RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ «otorrinolaringología». RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ «electrocardiografía». RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ «Separar en sílabas la palabra: electrocardiografiamente». Buscapalabras. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ^ «desafortunadamente». RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ «anticonstitucional». RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ «desconsoladamente». RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ «interculturalidad». RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
- ^ «arteriosclerosis». RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ «electrodoméstico». RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ «inconstitucional». RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ «limpiaparabrisas». RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ «inexorablemente». RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ «paralelepípedo». RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
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What is the longest word in Spanish?
If you have been wondering what the longest word in the Spanish dictionary is, we are here to settle the debate once and for all.
People have often cited superextraordinarísimo (or superextraordinary) as the longest Spanish word at 22 letters, but it probably isn’t. After all, it’s not really seen in common usage.
The longest Spanish word is…
Well, if you’re willing to include nonsense, the longest Spanish word is probably supercalifragilisticoexpialidoso. That is the Spanish transliteration (or type of language conversion that simply swaps letters in predictable ways) of supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. You know, from the Walt Disney musical Mary Poppins? But, since this 32-letter is mostly nonsense, here is the real longest word in Spanish:
The real longest Spanish word is…
If you’re willing to include cognates, the longest including listed in an accepted English dictionary is supposedly “pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis,” a kind of lung disease. We can come up with the Spanish equivalent “neumonoultramicroscopicosiliciovolcanconiosis” simply by substituting in the known cognates for all of the roots. Personally, I don’t think this one counts. It’s not in the dictionary, seriously, look it up.
But, if you take out muscles, body parts, and other medical terms, the longest word in Spanish that’s actually getting regular use is probably either
anticonstitucionalmente (“unconstitutionally”) or electroencefalografista (“electroencephalograph technician”) – yes, it’s really found in the Spanish Royal Academy’s dictionary, encylocopedias and even many phonebooks. When you’re done pronouncing that, why not head on over to our list of the 50 best Spanish tongue twisters?
More extremely long Spanish words
| Spanish Word | # of letters | English Translation |
|---|---|---|
| Anticonstitucionalmente | 23 | Anticonstitutionally |
| Arquitectónicamente | 19 | Architecturally |
| Desacostumbradamente | 20 | Unaccustomed |
| Desafortunadamente | 18 | Unfortunately |
| Desinteresadamente | 18 | Uninterestedly |
| Desvanecimiento | 15 | Fading |
| Electrodoméstico | 16 | Household Appliance |
| Esternocleidomastoideo | 22 | Sternocleidomastoid |
| Independientemente | 18 | Independently |
| Laparosalpingooforotomía | 24 | Laparosalpingooforotomy |
| Politraumatismo | 15 | Polytraumatism |
| Vertiginosamente | 16 | Dizzily |
Some of the very longest words in Spanish for practicing your pronunciation
What is the longest word in all languages?
If this has got you wondering what the longest word in languages besides Spanish is…
Some people will again reference medical terminology, such as the English words pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis or pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism. There is even a technical name for the protein titin that supposedly takes three and a half hours to say completely (189,819 letters long!)
But these are rarely used in speech, so in our opinion, they don’t really count. Truthfully, the longest English word with practical usage is most likely “incomprehensibilities”.
There is a special name for languages that regularly create extremely long compound words by cramming other words together. They are referred to as agglutinative languages, and they include German, Japanese, Turkish, Korean, Hungarian, and others. Here are some examples of the longest words in some of these languages:
German: “Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz” (63 letters, law pertaining to the regulation of beef)
Dutch: “Meervoudigepersoonlijkheidsstoornissen” (38 letters, split personality disorder)
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The answer depends on what you mean by the longest word, but regardless of your definition the longest word isn’t superextraordinarísimo, the 22-letter word once listed in a famous recordbook and the word that was usually cited as the longest in the language. (It means «most superextraordinary.»)
The designation of superextraordinarísimo seems arbitrary at best. For one thing, the word isn’t in real use. When I first researched this article in 2006, a Google search showed not a single instance where the word was used on a Spanish-language website — except on pages listing what they called the longest Spanish words. (Since I write the original version of this article, claims of superextraordinarísimoit being the longest word have mostly disappeared.) And superextraordinarísimo has two other strikes against it: If one is going to create words by adding prefixes and suffixes, one could just as well make a 27-letter word by using the adverbial form, superextraordinarísimamente. Or one could just as easily use longer root words, ending up with words such as superespectacularísimamente («most superspectacularly»). But again they’re hypothetical words rather than ones that get legitimate use.
A better choice for a 22-letter word is esternocleidomastoideo, the name of a certain neck muscle. It can be found in Spanish-language medical texts.
But we can do better without coining words. The longest words to be found in general publications appear to be two 23-letter beauties: anticonstitucionalmente («unconstitutionally») and electroencefalografista («electroencephalograph technician»), the latter also appearing in the Spanish Royal Academy’s dictionary. Since the latter is a noun, it can be made a 24-letter plural, electroencefalografistas, my designation as the longest legitimate Spanish word. Although it’s not an everyday word, you can find it in encylocopedias and some phone directories.
Of course, there’s always the 32-letter nonsense word supercalifragilisticoexpialidoso, the Spanish transliteration of «supercalifragilisticexpialidocious,» which appears in Spanish versions of the Walt Disney musical Mary Poppins. However, that word’s use is essentially limited to the film and play.
By coining cognates of some especially long English words, it would be possible to come up with longer words still. For example, some medical words and names of some chemicals in English top 30 letters, and the longest English word listed in an accepted dictionary is reported to be «pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis,» a type of lung disease. Conversion of the word to Spanish, made easy by the fact that all the roots have Spanish cognates, presumably would be neumonoultramicroscopicosiliciovolcanconiosis at 45 letters, or something similar. But such words are best spurious rather than legitimate Spanish.
Esternocleidooccipitomastoideos (31-letters) is the plural of the noun esternocleidooccipitomastoideo, which is the sternocleidomastoid, a muscle in the human neck. The word has a 22-letter synonym: esternocleidomastoideo, which is shorter because it omits the Latin prefix occipito- (occipital).
Contents
- 1 How do you say the longest word in Spanish?
- 2 Is there a word longer than Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?
- 3 What word takes 3 hours to say?
- 4 Is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious a Spanish word?
- 5 What is the oldest word?
- 6 What Spanish words start with P?
- 7 What are the D words?
- 8 Is there a word with all 26 letters?
- 9 What is the longest video on YouTube?
- 10 Is Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious the longest word?
- 11 What was the 1st English word?
- 12 What are the 23 oldest words?
- 13 What is the oldest word for God?
- 14 What Spanish words start with F?
- 15 What Spanish words start with Z?
- 16 What starts with the letter D in Spanish?
- 17 What starts with the letter F?
- 18 What is G word?
- 19 What starts with the letter K?
- 20 How do you pronounce GIF?
How do you say the longest word in Spanish?
People have often cited superextraordinarísimo (or superextraordinary) as the longest Spanish word at 22 letters, but it probably isn’t.
Longest Spanish words.
| Spanish Word | # of letters | English Translation |
|---|---|---|
| Desafortunadamente | 18 | Unfortunately |
| Desinteresadamente | 18 | Uninterestedly |
| Desvanecimiento | 15 | Fading |
Is there a word longer than Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?
The longest words in the dictionary are: antidisestablishmentarianism – opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of England – 28 letters. floccinaucinihilipilification – the estimation of something as worthless – 29 letters. pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis – a supposed lung disease – 45 letters.
What word takes 3 hours to say?
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (45 letters)
Is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious a Spanish word?
Of course, there’s always the 32-letter nonsense word supercalifragilisticoexpialidoso, the Spanish transliteration of “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious,” which appears in Spanish versions of the Walt Disney musical Mary Poppins.
What is the oldest word?
Mother, bark and spit are some of the oldest known words, say researchers. Continue reading → Mother, bark and spit are just three of 23 words that researchers believe date back 15,000 years, making them the oldest known words.
What Spanish words start with P?
| spanish word | english translation |
|---|---|
| perro | dog |
| pollo | chicken |
| pescado | fish |
| pavo | turkey |
What are the D words?
Some of the D words for kids are dig, door, date, drink, dinosaur, deer, desk, donkey, dart, deep, dance, duck, dip, dab, den, dad, dent, dock, dark, dust, etc.
Is there a word with all 26 letters?
An English pangram is a sentence that contains all 26 letters of the English alphabet. The most well known English pangram is probably “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”. My favorite pangram is “Amazingly few discotheques provide jukeboxes.”
What is the longest video on YouTube?
Jonathan Harchick has created and uploaded the longest YouTube video of all time, clocking in at 571 hours, 1 minute and 41 seconds.
Is Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious the longest word?
On the other hand, English speakers around the world are familiar with supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (34 letters). When it was first popularized in the 1964 film “Mary Poppins,” it was fun but meaningless and so it is still often left off lists of longest words.
What was the 1st English word?
There was no first word. At various times in the 5th century, the Angles, Saxons, Jutes and other northern Europeans show up in what is now England. They’re speaking various North Sea Germanic dialects that might or might not have been mutually understandable.
What are the 23 oldest words?
Science Says These are the Oldest 23 Words in the English…
- Thou. The singular form of “you,” this is the only word that all seven language families share in some form.
- I. Similarly, you’d need to talk about yourself.
- Mother.
- Give.
- Bark.
- Black.
- Fire.
- Ashes.
What is the oldest word for God?
The English word god comes from the Old English god, which itself is derived from the Proto-Germanic *ǥuđán. Its cognates in other Germanic languages include guþ, gudis (both Gothic), guð (Old Norse), god (Old Saxon, Old Frisian, and Old Dutch), and got (Old High German).
What Spanish words start with F?
| spanish word | english translation |
|---|---|
| furioso | furious |
| fresco | cool |
| feliz | happy |
| filete | steak |
What Spanish words start with Z?
zanahoria – zodíaco
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| zanahoria | carrot |
| zapateria | shoestore |
| zapatil | slipper |
| zapatil de tenis | sneaker |
What starts with the letter D in Spanish?
| spanish word | english translation |
|---|---|
| día | day |
| década | decade |
| diciembre | December |
| domingo | Sunday |
What starts with the letter F?
words that begin with the Letter F
- fish.
- five.
- flamingo.
- flower.
- fly.
- four.
- freedom.
- frog.
g-word (plural g-words) (euphemistic) The word gay.
What starts with the letter K?
words that begin with the Letter K
- kangaroo.
- kettle.
- kick.
- kid.
- king.
- kite.
- koala.
How do you pronounce GIF?
“It’s pronounced JIF, not GIF.” Just like the peanut butter. “The Oxford English Dictionary accepts both pronunciations,” Wilhite told The New York Times. “They are wrong. It is a soft ‘G,’ pronounced ‘jif.
Emmett Nelson is a travel writer and adventurer. He’s explored more than 50 countries on six continents, and his writing has appeared in outlets such as BBC Travel, Lonely Planet, and National Geographic. Emmett is also the author of “The Great American Road Trip: A Guide to Exploring the USA.” When he’s not on the road, Emmett calls Los Angeles home.
What is the longest word in Spanish accepted by the Real Academia Española? What about words not officially accepted by the RAE?
¿Cuál es la palabra en español más larga aceptada por la Real Academia Española? ¿Y la palabra no oficialmente aceptada por la RAE?
asked Mar 29, 2012 at 17:59
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Its difficult to give a reliable source for this, but searching in google it appears these words, for example in this page. But it’s difficult to say this because there are lots of technical terms which are difficult to list, because many of them can be formed by adding a lot of prefixes.
- Longest word:
Ciclopentanoperhidrofenantreno (30 letters) — Sterane
(31 letters in plural): Ciclopentanoperhidrofenantrenos
(wikipedia entry for it)
- Longest accepted word by RAE
Electroencefalografista (23 letters) — An expert in Electroencephalography
in plural it even has one letter more (24 letters) as electroencefalografistas
answered Mar 29, 2012 at 18:29
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Una que es bastante cómica es
hipopotomonstrosesquipedaliofobia
que, no sin cierta ironía, significa: Miedo irracional a la pronunciación de palabras largas, científicas o poco comunes en el lenguaje coloquial.
answered Apr 6, 2012 at 11:04
According to this page:
Superextraordinarísimo, (22-letters) was once listed as the word most often cited to be the longest in spanish. (It means «most superextraordinary»), however superextraordinarísimo seems arbitrary at best. For one thing, the word isn’t in real use. As of this writing, a Google search shows not a single instance where the word was used on a Spanish-language Web site — except on pages listing what they called the longest Spanish words. And superextraordinarísimo has two other strikes against it: If one is going to create words by adding prefixes and suffixes, one could just as well make a 27-letter word by using the adverbial form,superextraordinarísimamente. Or one could just as easily use longer root words, ending up with words such as superespectacularísimamente («most superspectacularly»). But again they’re hypothetical words rather than ones that get legitimate use.Also, the longest English word listed in an accepted dictionary is reported to be
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis, a type of lung disease. Conversion of the word to Spanish, which is made easy by the fact that all the roots have Spanish cognates, presumably would beneumonoultramicroscopicosiliciovolcanconiosis(45 letters), or something similar. But such words would probably be considered spurious rather than legitimate Spanish.
answered Mar 29, 2012 at 22:45
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When I was a kid they kept telling us at class that «esternocleidomasteoideo» (22 letters) was the longest word in Spanish.
Of course, I can see it wasn’t true 
Just thought I should share.
answered Mar 29, 2012 at 20:41
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Tataratataratataratataratataratataratataratataratataratataratataratataratataratataratataratataratataratataratataratataratataratataratataratataratataratatarabuelo beats all other answers so far…
answered Sep 1, 2013 at 16:42
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anticonstitucionalmente = unconstitutionally (RAE)
laparosalpingooforotomía = a surgical intervention (NO RAE)
answered Mar 27, 2013 at 4:36
A mi me parece que contrarevolucionariamente es mas larga(25 letras) o anticontrarevolucinariamente que cuenta con 29 letras. También anticontrarevolucionariamentísimamente (38 letras).
Ejemplo
Él se comportó antirevolucionariamentísimamente.
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Parangaricutirimicuaro que es como se «conoce» a Nuevo San Juan Parangaricutiro a través de algunos trabalenguas.
answered Oct 21, 2015 at 18:39
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Sería más o menos así:
Reconocida por la RAE:
Electroencefalografista (23 letras)
Oficiales pero añadiendo sufijos o prefijos:
Esternocleidomastoideísticamente
No oficiales:
Pentaquismiriohexaquisquiriotetracosiohexacontapentagonales
answered Oct 22, 2015 at 3:05
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Another long long spanish word, well I don’t know if it’s a real word but,…
Parangaricutirimicuado (22 letters)
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Spanish is a very rich language. It has many rules and can be difficult to learn. However, it is fun and considering the main rules you will not find it so complicated.
Spanish grammar has fixed rules. By following them you can build numerous sentences so that you can express yourself well. In our academy we use a pleasant learning methodology in which theory and practice alternate with the written and oral parts. Our aim is that you learn the grammar but also speak it and, above all, that you have fun.
In addition to verb tenses and sentence construction in Spanish grammar, vocabulary is very important. Especially because in Spanish there are many synonyms and expressions with very peculiar words.
Spanish long words
Today we’re going to talk about long words. Some words that even the Spanish are told to pronounce because they are so long:
- Electroencefalografista (23 letters): it is the medical professional who performs encephalograms
- Esternocleidomastoideo (22 letters): it is a neck muscle
- Electroencefalografía (21 letters): part of medicine that studies the obtaining and interpretation of electroencephalograms.
- Electroencefalograma (20 letters): It is a study that detects the electrical activity of the brain by means of small metal discs (electrodes) fixed on the scalp
- Otorrinolaringólogo (19 letters): medical specialist who deals with health problems related to the throat, nose, head and neck.
- Electrocardiograma (18 letters): the graphic representation of the electrical activity of the heart as a function of time, which is obtained, from the body surface, in the chest, with an electrocardiograph in the form of a continuous tape.
- Electrodoméstico (16 letters): is a machine or device that allows you to perform and speed up some daily routine household tasks, like microwave, oven, etc.
- Arteriosclerosis (16 letters): general term used in human and veterinary medicine, which refers to a hardening of medium and large arteries.
- Paralelepípedo (14 letters): geometric body formed by six parallelograms, of which the opposites are equal and parallel to each other.
- Caleidoscopio (13 letters): optical instrument that consists of a tube with two or three inclined mirrors and coloured crystals inside, arranged in such a way that if you move the tube and look inside it from one end, you can see different symmetrical geometrical figures.
Translation examples
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palabra larga
It’s a long word. Um…
Es una palabra larga…
— Oh, long words. — Ooh.
Hay, palabras largas.
He reads deep books with long words in them.
Lee libros con palabras largas.
Please, Bishop, no long words.
Por favor, Obispo, nada de palabras largas.
That’s a long word!
— ¡Vaya un palabro largo!
Two long words, then a short one.
Dos palabras largas, y luego una corta.
— Just a long word.
— Solo una palabra larga.
A lot of unnecessarily long words.
Muchas palabras largas e innecesarias.
No, sir. There are too many long words.
—No, señor. Hay muchas palabras largas.
Or eleemosynary if you prefer long words.
O limosneros, si prefieres las palabras largas.
Long words had always annoyed Nick.
—le preguntó Nick, a quien le molestaban mucho las palabras largas.
Long words don’t kill the enemy, General.”
Las palabras largas no matan enemigos, general.
“Another long word,” Wadsworth said, “is peculation.”
—Otra palabra larga —repuso Wadsworth— es malversación.
I lay a long word on the Scrabble board.
Coloco una palabra larga en el tablero de Scrabble.
I’ve never been good at them long words.
Nunca se me han dado bien las palabras largas.
He could read long words and add up.
Sabía leer palabras largas y sumar.
Spanish words can be very long. The average word in the Spanish language contains only 8 characters (7,9 to be exact). However, there are even words that are up to 33 characters long than can be real tongue twisters. Interestingly enough there are a lot of words in the top 100 longest words list that are are enzyms, organic compounds, acids or other terms related to chemistry.
We have created a list of the 100 longest Spanish words. Find the full list underneath. You’ll find the Spanish word, English translation and possibly an explanation of what is (if needed) in all the rows. But first let’s start with the longest word in the dictionary:
The longest word in Spanish:
hipopotomonstrosesquipedaliofobia is the longest Spanish word. This word means the fear or phobia for long words.
Also look for all Spanish words with 2 letters, 3 letters, 4 letters, 6 tellers, 7 letters or 8 letters.
See here a list of the 100 longest Spanish words in the dictionary.
| Longest Spanish words | Letters | English translation | What is it? |
| hipopotomonstrosesquipedaliofobia | 33 | hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia | It is a phobia for / fear for long words. |
| supercalifragilisticoexpialidoso | 32 | supercalifragilisticexpialidocious | Made up word from the movie Mary Poppins (1964) |
| esternocleidooccipitomastoideo | 30 | sternocleidooccipitomastoid | A muscle in the neck |
| amidofosforribosiltransferasa | 29 | amidophosphoribosyltransferase | An enzyme |
| anticonstitucionalmente | 23 | anticonstitutionally | Opposite of constitutional |
| esternocleidomastoideo | 22 | sternocleidomastoid | A muscle in the neck |
| Parangaricutirimícuaro | 22 | Parangaricutirimícuaro | A village in Mexico |
| aminometiltransferasa | 21 | aminomethyltransferase | An enzyme |
| desoxirribonucleótido | 21 | deoxyribonucleotide | Term in biochemistry |
| dinitrofenilhidrazina | 21 | dinitrophenylhydrazine | An organic compound |
| butirilcolinesterasa | 20 | butyrylcholinesterase | An enzyme |
| carbaminohemoglobina | 20 | carbaminohemoglobin | A compound |
| estereoespecificidad | 20 | stereospecificity | A chemical reaction |
| esternocleidohioideo | 20 | sternohyoid | Group of muscles |
| institucionalización | 20 | institutionalization | – |
| otorrinolaringología | 20 | otorhinolaryngology | A study of diseases |
| palmitoiltransferasa | 20 | palmitoyltransferase | An enzyme |
| acetilcolinesterasa | 19 | acetylcholinesterase | An enzyme |
| acetilgalactosamina | 19 | acetylgalactosamine | An organic compound |
| administrativamente | 19 | administratively | – |
| antirrevolucionario | 19 | antirevolutionary, counterrevolutionary | – |
| betahidroxibutirato | 19 | betahydroxybutyrate | A chemical |
| betahidroxibutírico | 19 | betahydroxybutyric | A organic compound |
| extraordinariamente | 19 | extraordinarily | – |
| fluorodesoxiglucosa | 19 | fludeoxyglucose | An organic compound |
| foliculoestimulante | 19 | follicle-stimulating | A hormone |
| fosfogluconolactona | 19 | phosphogluconolactone | An organic compound |
| fructooligosacárido | 19 | fructooligosaccharide | An organic compound |
| glicosoaminoglicano | 19 | glycosaminoglycan | Carbohydrates] |
| hidroxibenzaldehído | 19 | methoxybenzaldehyde | An organic compound |
| ininterrumpidamente | 19 | uninterruptedly | – |
| inmunotransferencia | 19 | immunoblot, or western blot analysis | – |
| otorrinolaringólogo(a) | 19 | otorhinolaryngologist | Specialized doctor |
| postestructuralismo | 19 | poststructuralism | a philosophy |
| pseudocolinesterasa | 19 | butyrylcholinesterase | An enzyme |
| reaprovisionamiento | 19 | reprovisionment | – |
| seudopeptidoglicano | 19 | pseudopeptidoglycan | An organic compound |
| succiniltransferasa | 19 | succinyltransferase | An enzyme |
| adrenocorticotropo | 18 | adrenocorticotropic | A hormone |
| anticonstitucional | 18 | unconstitutional | – |
| antropoformización | 18 | anthropomorphization | Term in human psychology. |
| aristocráticamente | 18 | aristocratically | – |
| autodescubrimiento | 18 | self-discovery | – |
| carboxihemoglobina | 18 | carboxyhemoglobin | – |
| castellanohablante | 18 | Spanish speaker (in regions of Spain where other regional languages are prominently spoken) | – |
| constitucionalidad | 18 | constitutionality | – |
| constitucionalismo | 18 | constitutionalism | – |
| democratacristiano | 18 | Christian Democrat | – |
| desafortunadamente | 18 | unfortunately; regrettably | – |
| desvergonzadamente | 18 | shamelessly, or unblushingly | – |
| electrocardiógrafo | 18 | electrocardiograph | – |
| electrocardiograma | 18 | electrocardiogram | – |
| electronegatividad | 18 | electronegativity | – |
| fosfatidilinositol | 18 | phosphatidylinositol | – |
| fosfofructoquinasa | 18 | phosphofructokinase | An enzyme |
| fotodesintegración | 18 | photodisintegration | – |
| fotosintéticamente | 18 | photosynthetically | – |
| glucosaminoglucano | 18 | glycosaminoglycan | A organic compound |
| gravitacionalmente | 18 | gravitationally | – |
| imperceptiblemente | 18 | imperceptibly | – |
| impermeabilización | 18 | impermeabilization, waterproof | – |
| incondicionalmente | 18 | wholeheartedly, unconditionally, unreservedly, unquestioningly | – |
| independientemente | 18 | independently | – |
| internacionalmente | 18 | internationally | – |
| multidisciplinario | 18 | multidisciplinary | – |
| nacionalsocialismo | 18 | National Socialism; Nazism | – |
| nacionalsocialista | 18 | National Socialist; Nazi | – |
| neoumbilicoplastia | 18 | neoumbilicoplasty | A procedure |
| permacongelamiento | 18 | permafrost | – |
| perpendicularmente | 18 | perpendicularly | – |
| preternaturalmente | 18 | preternaturally | – |
| quimioselectividad | 18 | chemoselectivity | – |
| retrospectivamente | 18 | in retrospect | – |
| satisfactoriamente | 18 | satisfactorily | – |
| significativamente | 18 | significantly | – |
| sobrecalentamiento | 18 | overheating | – |
| superconductividad | 18 | superconductivity | – |
| superenrollamiento | 18 | supercoil | A DNA segment |
| supervivencialista | 18 | A survivalist | – |
| termodinámicamente | 18 | thermodynamically | – |
| tetranortriterpeno | 18 | tetranortriterpenoid | Chemical compounds |
| accidentariamente | 17 | accidentally | – |
| acetilglucosamina | 17 | acetylglucosamine | An organic compound |
| acetilneuraminato | 17 | acetylneuraminate | An enzyme |
| acetilneuramínico | 17 | acetylneuraminic | An acid |
| acetiltransferasa | 17 | acetyltransferase, transacetylase | An enzyme |
| aminociclopropano | 17 | aminocyclopropane | An acid |
| antiinflacionario | 17 | anti-inflationary | – |
| aprovisionamiento | 17 | provisioning | – |
| arrebatadoramente | 17 | captivatingly | – |
| autodeterminación | 17 | self-determination | – |
| bacteriorodopsina | 17 | bacteriorhodopsin | a protein |
| bidimensionalidad | 17 | bidimensionality | – |
| bosnioherzegovino | 17 | someone from Bosnia and Herzegovina | – |
| confidencialmente | 17 | confidentially | – |
| considerablemente | 17 | considerably | – |
| cuatridimensional | 17 | four-dimensional | – |
| descentralización | 17 | decentralization | – |
| desencadenamiento | 17 | triggering, unleashing | – |
| desnaturalización | 17 | denaturation | – |
| desventajosamente | 17 | disadvantageously, unprofitably, unfavorably | – |
| electromagnetismo | 17 | electromagnetism | – |
| experimentalmente | 17 | experimentally | – |
| extraoficialmente | 17 | unofficially | – |
| farmacéuticamente | 17 | pharmaceutically | – |
| fitohemaglutinina | 17 | phytohemagglutinin | a protein |
Let us know if you have seen a word that we missed. We’d be happy to verify and add any words.
Interestingly enough you’ll see that over three quarters of the words are very similar to those in English. We know that English and Spanish vocabulary can be very similar. See our list over “over 750 words that are almost completely the same“. However, this is completely logical since there are so many scientific terms and names on the list which are usually not translated in a much different way throughout different languages.
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