ghosteado
/ɡosteado/from spelling rules
The Spanish word for ghosted is ghosteado.
Used when someone suddenly stops all communication with a person they were dating or talking to without any explanation.
Which one should you use?
While ghosteado is the past participle describing the state of having been ghosted, you can also use the verbal phrase hacer ghosting to express the act of ghosting someone.
Is there a formal and an informal way to say it?
The term is an anglicism and is considered informal slang used primarily by younger generations.
How does it change in a sentence?
The word ghosteado is the past participle used to describe the state of having been ghosted. To describe the ongoing action of ghosting someone, use the gerund ghosteando. If you want to say "I ghosted" in the first-person singular preterite, use ghosteé.
How do you pronounce it?
/ɡosteado/
Did you know?
- You can use the more formal-sounding phrase hacer la técnica del vacío, which translates to 'to do the vacuum technique', to describe a sudden withdrawal of attention.
- While ghosteado is a modern digital term, the phrase hacer el vacío describes a social phenomenon of collective ostracization, where a whole group silently agrees to ignore one person.
- Because ghosteado is an anglicism, the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) does not recognize it in the official dictionary and suggests using native alternatives like desaparecer.
Examples in context
- Estoy cansado/a de que me dejen en visto. Me hace sentir desvalorizado/aI'm tired of being left on seen. It makes me feel devalued
- Me dejó ghosteado de la nada.He ghosted me out of nowhere.
- No me gusta que me hayan ghosteado así.I don't like being ghosted like that.
Example conversation
Elena and Javier are talking at a cafe about a recent date.
- Elena¿Viste que ya no me escribe?Did you see that he isn't writing to me anymore?
- JavierParece que te ha ghosteado, Elena.It looks like he ghosted you, Elena.
- ElenaSí, me siento fatal por esto.Yes, I feel terrible about this.
- JavierNo te preocupes, te mereces algo mejor.Don't worry, you deserve something better.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
