streaking

noun STREE-keen Rare

Origin: English loanword, from 'streak' (to run naked in public).

Usage Note

Streaking is an English loanword used in Spanish to name the act of running naked through a public or sporting event. Because it is unadapted, its gender is masculine by default (el streaking) following the Spanish convention for borrowed English nouns. It remains a fairly specialised term tied to sporting and media contexts, and speakers may alternatively describe the act with the phrase correr desnudo en público.

Examples

"El streaking está prohibido en los estadios."

Natural Translation

Streaking is banned in stadiums.

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