

This week’s Spanish word of the week is 'encoger'. 'Encoger' is a verb that means 'to shrink; to shrug'. Read More

7 mouth-watering foodie words with roots in other languages
It’s a very magical time here at Collins Dictionaries, as a number of brand-new words enter our hallowed pages. As we were browsing the new words, two stood out for their foodie credentials: ‘bean-to-cup’, denoting the complete process for marketing coffee from whole coffee beans; and… Read More

Spanish word of the week: resultar
This week’s Spanish word of the week is 'resultar'. 'Resultar' is a verb that means 'to turn out; to be'. Read More

Say Something Nice Day!
Nada cuesta añadir una sonrisa, ‘It costs nothing to add a smile’, is a Spanish phrase imprinted on my memory from when, years ago, I taught myself to touch-type in Spanish and it was one of the practice phrases. It’s an apt recollection, for 1 June is Say Something… Read More

Spanish word of the week: celos
This week’s Spanish word of the week is 'celos'. 'Celos' is a noun that means 'jealousy'. Read More

11 Gen Z words you need to know
We love it when new words become a hot topic of conversation and the last few weeks, ‘cheugy’ has been sweeping social media. In case you missed it, ‘cheugy’ surfaced on TikTok and has been defined as ‘the opposite of trendy’. If you’re a cheug, your sense of style is… Read More

7 new words added to Collins Dictionary
Here are seven of the latest new words added to Collins English Dictionary online. A few of the terms in this update might seem a little on the negative side, with the inclusion of the underhand practice of ‘sealioning’ and the rather harsh judgment implied in ‘ugly cry’. The consequences… Read More

Spanish word of the week: callarse
This week’s Spanish word of the week is 'callarse'. 'Callarse' is a verb that means 'to stop talking; to keep quiet'. Read More

National Limerick Day
There was an old dictionary buff
Whose dog snorted mountains of snuff.
Himself, so we hear,
Preferred to quaff beer,
A brew it found frightfully duff.
Ah, limericks! The verse form that trips off the tongue like no other. Once particularly popular with rugby teams and the forces, they are the one kind of… Read More
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