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Inventing Spanish Adjectives

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Greetings, friends. I am hoping for serious answers to some silly-sounding questions.

I hear or read freshly invented Spanish verbs all the time, like internetizar. And invented nouns, like gringuez, which I asked about a while back, and gasolinazo, which was coined recently in Mexico. I understand that these aren't in the dictionary and some never will be. (Gasolinazo will, I'd wager.)

I don't seem to run into many newly minted adjectives. For example, if someone doesn't want to say puesto de tacos, might that person invent puesto taquero? How else might one translate taco salad other than ensalada taquera? (Ensalada de taco surely doesn't make sense, and again, if one wants an adjective, ensalada en el estilo de tacos doesn't qualify.) Is there another "word" that would sound better than taquero/taquera here?

If someone wants adjectives that are understood in the way that internetizar and gringuez are understood, how might that be accomplished? How would you make an adjective from the noun gasolinazo? (Mi vecino me dijo que el problema gasolinazero...?)

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updated Mar 9, 2017
posted by jtaniel
Good question. :) - rac1, Mar 8, 2017

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Well, un "puesto de tacos" could well be called una "taquería." But making an adjective out of that would be something to think about.

Some nouns already have an adjective "mujer"--"mujeril" "Petróleo" - "petrolífero/a" "ambiente" - "ambiental"

If you can give me a few nouns that you want changed into adjectives I will do my best.

If they already have an adjectival form I'll give it to you. If It's something I have to make up, I can do that as well. smile

updated Mar 9, 2017
posted by Daniela2041
Eres demasiodo amable. I was thinking more of guidelines applicable in many situations. For the moment: taco (as in "taco salad"), gasolinazo (as in "gasolinazo problem"), pantalla (as in "screen size"). Tres mil gracias. - jtaniel, Mar 9, 2017
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I think native speakers might create new words. Sometimes these new words are accepted and are finally included un the language.

updated Mar 9, 2017
posted by Polenta
I posted this years new word from Spain on the forum two weeks ago. - ray76, Mar 9, 2017