What Does This Mean?

cancelado

[ SLANG ][ MULTILINGUAL NATIVE ]

FORCE: Gen Z BrainrotUNIVERSE: Spanish Internet CultureCLUSTER: spanish_slang_1030

Spanish for a person, brand or work that has been "canceled" online: collectively shunned, boycotted or removed from public life because of something judged wrong. It is the adjective of cancel culture, used both seriously and jokingly ("estás cancelado"). Whether a cancellation is deserved is debated.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"Dicen que lo van a cancelar por ese comentario, pero el tema se enfrió en un día."

LORE & ORIGIN

La Tercera (2 Oct 2023) defines cancel culture as a social process in which people collectively push someone out of public life, boycott their work or suppress their ideas because of something considered wrong by prevailing norms, and notes that the phenomenon is not new but its name is. The article does not trace the origin of the word in Spanish.

FIRST SEEN

Widespread in Spanish media by October 2023 (La Tercera article); first use not dated

PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

2020s

CURRENT STATUS

Mainstream Slang

Related To:cancelador

Leer en español →Lire en français →日本語版を読む →한국어판 보기 →Ler em português →阅读中文版 →

EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

Español es-EScancelado →Français fr-FRno fixed local term →日本語 ja-JPno fixed local term →한국어 ko-KRno fixed local term →Português pt-BRno fixed local term →中文 zh-CNno fixed local term →

AURA IMPACT ⓘ

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TREND STATUS

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EDITORIAL ESTIMATE

CULTURE CATEGORY

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RELATED TERMS

cancelador

MENTIONS OVER TIME

DOCUMENTED SINCE

Widespread in Spanish media by October 2023 (La Tercera article); first use not dated

NOW

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