Diccionario del español del Uruguay

The Dictionary of Uruguayan Spanish (Spanish: Diccionario del español del Uruguay, acronym DEU) is an authoritative reference work on the Rioplatense Spanish as spoken in Uruguay.[1] It was published by the National Academy of Uruguay in 2011 as part of the celebrations of the Bicentennial of Uruguay.[2]

Dictionary of Uruguayan Spanish
Original titleDiccionario del español del Uruguay
CountryUruguay
LanguageSpanish
GenreReference
Published2011
PublisherAcademia Nacional de Letras del Uruguay, Ediciones de la Banda Oriental
ISBN978-9974-1-0709-0
OCLC770376070

With over 10,000 entries, it deals with typically Uruguayan expressions, not used in standard Spanish. The collected material covers sports, clothing, economy, fauna and flora, sexuality, greeting and courtesy formulas, cuisine, colors, education, ethnicity, agriculture, bureaucracy, the human body, foreign affairs and much more. It comes from both ordinary and colloquial or family speech, as well as journalism, literature, chatting, blogging, advertising, as well as feminine, masculine, child or youth language, alongside medical, military, political, or trade union slang.[3]

References
  1. Diccionario del español del Uruguay
  2. Presentation of DEU by José María Obaldía and other academics
  3. DEU explained


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