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Record 1 2014-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wireless and Mobile Communications
  • Sexology
DEF

The act of sending sexually explicit messages and/or photographs, primarily between mobile phones.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Communications sans fil et mobiles
  • Sexologie
DEF

Pratique consistant à envoyer des sextos.

OBS

textopornographie : terme et définition publiés au Journal officiel de la République française le 5 décembre 2013.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comunicaciones móviles e inalámbricas
  • Sexología
DEF

Envío de mensajes de texto o imágenes de contenido sexual explícito a través del teléfono móvil o de otros dispositivos electrónicos.

OBS

La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que el sustantivo "sexteo" es una alternativa válida en español al término inglés "sexting".

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