Longest word in Spanish
This article describes some of the longest words in the Spanish language.
' is the plural of the noun ', which is the sternocleidomastoid, a muscle in the human neck. The word has a 22-letter synonym: ', which is shorter because it omits the Latin prefix occipito-. Both words are abbreviated as ECOM.
The 24-letter word electroencefalografistas, plural of ', means "electroencephalographists" or "": specialists in the brain measurement technology of electroencephalography.
The 23-letter adverb ' means "". ' is also the Portuguese translation; the French translation, , is an exceptionally long word as well.
Long words
In the table below, all of the Spanish nouns except for arteriosclerosis can be pluralised by adding an s 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.
| Word | Letters | Syllables | Part of speech | Translation | ||
| 33 | 9 | noun | ||||
| 30 | 13 | noun | sternocleidomastoid | |||
| :es:hexakosioihexekontahexafobia|hexakosioihexekontahexafobia | 28 | 10 | noun | |||
| 23 | 9 | adverb | ||||
| 23 | 10 | noun | ||||
| 22 | 9 | noun | sternocleidomastoid | |||
| 21 | 10 | noun | electroencephalography | |||
| 21 | 10 | adjective | ||||
| 20 | 8 | noun | internationalization | |||
| 20 | 9 | noun | ||||
| 20 | 10 | noun | otorhinolaryngology | |||
| 19 | 9 | noun | electrocardiography | |||
| 18 | 7 | adjective | ||||
| 17 | 7 | adverb | ||||
| 17 | 7 | noun | ||||
| 16 | 6 | noun | arteriosclerosis | |||
| 16 | 7 | noun | home appliance | |||
| 16 | 6 | adjective | ||||
| 15 | 7 | adverb | ||||
| 14 | 7 | noun | parallelepiped |