The Longest Word

[Redpossum]

I have seen some very long words in my time here in BsAs. I mean, norteamericano and estadounidense are both 7 syllables, which is why they call us yanqui, but I make this out to be a mouth-filling 9 syllables

 

[¡Sencillamente yo!]

"fotoenvejecimiento" (photoaging???) On the whole, this is an easy word to pronounce, at least it is for me.


I really enjoy the life long process of polishing my secondary language skills.

To me, this is some kind of fun and pleasure in the process. No matter where I am, or what I haven't got, as long as I have clarity of mind and time to think, I can work on my abilities. Alone or with others. It does not matter.

If you incarcerated me, then threw away the key, I would have something to do, that couldn't be taken away from me. And as I am, I would be content / happy as a clam. The activity would save me from going crazy, I think.

There are some instances, where I can even pronounce some of these longer multi syllable words better than my native counterpart. (and that's not easy to do!)

 

[elhombresinnombre]

I wonder what would happen if you said that word whilst wired up to an electroencefalografista?

 

[dilmah]

I would say that "miento" may be fairly counted as 2 syllables, not 3.

Driving down the total to 8 instead of 9

 

[toongeorges]

This is not long compared to words in German:

What Is the Longest German Word?

The German language likes to string words together to form new ones. Known for super long words, just how many letters are in German's longest words?

www.thoughtco.com

or Dutch:

Nine Really Long Dutch Words

The Dutch make words the same way kids make lego buildings: just keep adding bits on until it falls apart, breaks down, or just plain doesn’t make sense.Kindercarnavalsoptochtvoorbereidingswerkzaa…

netherlandsbynumbers.com

These languages have a mechanism to combine multiple words to a single one and you could artificially create words of hundreds of letters by combining enough words together.

 

[Bajo_cero2]

Try with otorrinolaringología. 10 syllables and it is not an invented word like the one you posted.

 

[Redpossum]

Try with otorrinolaringología. 10 syllables and it is not an invented word like the one you posted.

Nolo Contendere

 

[nikad]

Ok, if you want to really enjoy long words in Spanish, try: otorrinolaringología ( ear nose and throat specialty ).

 

[nikad]

Try with otorrinolaringología. 10 syllables and it is not an invented word like the one you posted.

hahahha I was about to post the same one.

 

[Redpossum]

It certainly is pleasant to see everyone getting into the spirit of this thread!

It's interesting how the ubiquitous cell phone camera has changed the world. If you had told us 40 years ago that it would be possible to pack such a powerful camera into such a thin package, we would have called BS, thinking there just wasn't room for the necessary lenses. But now they are as common as coffee. The changes this old world has seen in my lifetime!