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longest words The longest word in any given language depends on the word formation rules of each specific language, and on the types of words allowed for consideration. Agglutinative languages allow for the creation of long words via compound (linguistics), ...

in the

Spanish language Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a world language, global language with more than 500 millio ...

. '' Esternocleidooccipitomastoideos'' (31 letters) is the plural of the noun '' esternocleidooccipitomastoideo'', which is the

sternocleidomastoid The sternocleidomastoid muscle is one of the largest and most superficial cervical muscles. The primary actions of the muscle are rotation of the head to the opposite side and flexion of the neck. The sternocleidomastoid is innervated by the access ...

, a muscle in the human neck. The word has a 22-letter

synonym A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. For example, in the English language, the words ''begin'', ''start'', ''commence'', and ''initiate'' are all ...

: '' esternocleidomastoideo'', which is shorter because it omits the Latin prefix ('

occipital The occipital bone () is a cranial dermal bone and the main bone of the occiput (back and lower part of the skull). It is trapezoidal in shape and curved on itself like a shallow dish. The occipital bone overlies the occipital lobes of the cereb ...

'). Both words are abbreviated as ''ECOM''. The 24-letter word , plural of '' electroencefalografista'', means 'electroencephalographists' or ' electroencephalographers': specialists in the brain measurement technology of

electroencephalography Electroencephalography (EEG) is a method to record an electrogram of the spontaneous electrical activity of the brain. The biosignals detected by EEG have been shown to represent the postsynaptic potentials of pyramidal neurons in the neocortex ...

(EEG). The 23-letter adverb '' anticonstitucionalmente'' means ' anticonstitutionally'. '' Anticonstitucionalmente'' is also the Portuguese translation; the French translation, '' anticonstitutionnellement'', is an exceptionally long word as well (25 letters).

Long words

In the table below, all of the Spanish nouns except for can be pluralised by adding an ''s'' (''es'' for ) to the end. The adjective 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 The Royal Spanish Academy ( es, Real Academia Española, generally abbreviated as RAE) is Spain's official royal institution with a mission to ensure the stability of the Spanish language. It is based in Madrid, Spain, and is affiliated with ...

lists and defines the word in the '' Diccionario de la lengua española'', its official dictionary.

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Words of specified length in Spanish
Spanish words and phrases Word in Spanish Spanish

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