El Día del Español, please vote for your favourite word!

Question

On the 20th of June we celebrate the Day of the Spanish language, and you can vote for your favourite word here.

El Dia E

You can vote for existing words but you can also **invent **a word , many people have already ventured and invented words like

abrazafarolas
absurdez (personalmente me encanta y de hecho lo uso, jejeje)
bicicletear
cachenlamar (lovely!) jeje
frikólogo

En fin, hay cientos.....

A ver si todo el mundo se apunta a votar su palabra favorita. De momento van ganando:

Malevo 479+

Chapuza 363+

Albricias 304+

Infamia 299+

Valentía 284+

Malabarista 256+

Cariño 245+

Abrazo 191+

Bregar 178+

Sonrisa 149+

Por favor , put your favourite word here, invented or existing, doesn't matter

Also have a look at these videos, you will see and hear words pronounced by people all over the world

http://www.eldiae.es/videos.html

Answer 1

I will start, my favourite word:

cielo

I have just seen that you can actually leave not only a vote on the word you have chosen (on the page above) but also a comment if you wish

http://www.eldiae.es/palabras/cielo#comment-3033

Answer 2

I didn't vote in the poll, but one of my favorites is por enésima vez. It just sounds good.

Answer 3

Corazón...mi palabra favorita de español de todos los tiempos.

Answer 4

cielo is also heaven, so here it is used as "You are my little heaven"

Answer 5

I like the word "catarata". Say it fast.....it just rolls off the tongue! I just recently learned this word here in a lesson.

Answer 6

MANTEQUILLA!!!!

or

PERFORADORA!!!!

No idea why

Answer 7

Romántico, especially when spoken by a señorita and she lingers slightly on the 'mán' portion of the word.

Answer 8

I also found these videos on the page

http://www.eldiae.es/videos.html

People from all over the world saying their own favourite word. You will hear all kind of different accents, very interesting to look at and listen to.

Answer 9

I'm undecided between "sonrisa" and "cabrón". When I make up my mind I'll vote in the poll.

(Heidi, I have a curiosity: what does 'cielito lindo' mean in the famous song? Certainly not "beautiful little sky", I suppose)

• Cielo can also mean Darling/precious one so it could also mean 'my beautiful little darling' - FELIZ77 Aug 31, 2010

Answer 10

ami me gusta la palabra: MALEGRIA fue inventada por el artista Manu Chao . no se exactamente que quiere decir. me imagino que es el sentimiento de felizidad pero relaizando que hay muchas cosas en el mundoque estan malas.

Answer 11

No sé la razón pero mi palabra favorita es

otorrinolaringólogo.

Answer 12

My favourite word is.....Rosarisa

Answer 13

My faveorite word is:

Perro

Answer 14

mi favorito palabra es
hasta manana hasta banana
hasta la vista hasta visita
tanto gusto salud saludo saludate
muchas gracias muchas graza

Answer 15

Retoño ---1. sprout, shoot (botany) 2. (hijo) * mis retoños -> my offspring