Category:Spanish terms by usage

Spanish terms categorized by the manner and context in which they are used by speakers.

• Category:Spanish terms with archaic senses: Spanish terms with individual senses that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature, sometimes still used for special effect, and typically recognized by native speakers.
• Category:Spanish archaic terms: Spanish terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature, sometimes still used for special effect, and typically recognized by native speakers.
• Category:Spanish autological terms: Spanish terms that possess the property they themselves describe.
• Category:Spanish censored spellings: Spanish spellings where some characters have been changed in an effort to reduce the shock value of the original term.
• Category:Spanish childish terms: Spanish terms that are typically only used by, or to, children.
• Category:Spanish colloquialisms: Spanish terms that are likely to be used primarily in casual conversation rather than in more formal written works, speeches, and discourse.
• Category:Spanish dated terms: Spanish terms that are no longer fashionable and thus are anachronistic, but still sometimes in use, especially by older speakers.
• Category:Spanish derogatory terms: Spanish terms that are intended to disparage, demean, insult or offend.
• Category:Spanish dialectal terms: Spanish terms that are not used in standard language but only in dialects.
• Category:Spanish ecclesiastical terms: Spanish terms used only by religious figures.
• Category:Spanish endearing terms: Spanish terms that are used to show affection or endearment to another person.
• Category:Spanish familiar terms: Spanish terms whose use is typically to contexts of friendly intimacy.
• Category:Spanish formal terms: Spanish terms whose use is typically restricted to polite, ceremonious, non-casual contexts.
• Category:Spanish gender-neutral terms: Spanish terms that are applicable to all people, independent of gender.
• Category:Spanish higher register terms: Spanish terms belonging to a higher linguistic register, such as literary terms; such terms are somewhat less common or known.
• Category:Spanish historical terms: Spanish terms that refer to obsolete things or concepts.
• Category:Spanish humorous terms: Spanish terms that are humorous, amusing or joking.
• Category:Spanish informal terms: Spanish terms whose use is typically restricted to casual, non‐ceremonious conversations.
• Category:Spanish nonstandard terms: Spanish terms that are considered improper, incorrect or commonly misused.
• Category:Spanish terms with obsolete senses: Spanish terms with individual senses that are no longer in use and not usually recognized by native speakers, but still sometimes found in older literature.
• Category:Spanish obsolete terms: Spanish terms that are no longer in use and not usually recognized by native speakers, but still sometimes found in older literature.
• Category:Spanish offensive terms: Spanish terms that are typically considered to offend people.
• Category:Spanish poetic terms: Spanish terms whose usage is typically restricted to works of poetry.
• Category:Spanish polite terms: Spanish polite terms, which are used to show deference and respect.
• Category:Spanish proscribed terms: Spanish terms whose usage is proscribed; thus, they are considered wrong according to prescriptive sources.
• Category:Spanish terms with rare senses: Spanish terms with individual senses that are rarely found in general use and may not be recognized by some native speakers.
• Category:Spanish rare terms: Spanish terms that are rarely found in general use and may not be recognized by some native speakers.
• Category:Spanish royal terms: Spanish terms used only by royalty.
• Category:Spanish rustic terms: Spanish terms whose use is typically restricted rural speech.
• Category:Spanish self-deprecatory terms: Spanish self-deprecatory terms.
• Category:Spanish short forms: Spanish terms that are short forms of other terms, often used informally.
• Category:Spanish slang: Spanish colloquial terms that are typically used to mark membership in a cultural subgroup.
• Category:Spanish superseded forms: Spanish forms that have been superseded by other forms due to changes in spelling conventions.
• Category:Spanish technical terms: Spanish terms that are usually or exclusively used in technical/scientific writing.
• Category:Spanish terms of address: Spanish terms used to refer to another person.
• Category:Spanish terms with historical senses: Spanish terms with senses that refer to things or concepts mainly known for their historical value.
• Category:Spanish terms with uncertain meaning: Spanish terms whose meaning is unknown or disputed.
• Category:Spanish trademarks: Spanish terms that identify legal entities, their products and services, by means of legal protection — to some extent, in a number of jurisdictions — against unauthorized use of the terms.
• Category:Spanish terms with uncommon senses: Spanish terms with individual senses that are in general use but not common.
• Category:Spanish uncommon terms: Spanish terms that are in general use but not common.
• Category:Spanish vulgarities: Spanish terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.