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viral

viral

adjective bee-RAHL Rare

Usage Note

Viral covers both the medical sense — infección viral (viral infection) — and the digital/social-media sense of content spreading rapidly, un vídeo viral. The social-media sense is a direct borrowing of English viral and is now fully established in Spanish. Note there is no written accent: stress falls naturally on the final syllable.

Examples

"El vídeo se hizo viral en pocas horas."

Natural Translation

The video went viral in a few hours.

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