RAE Spanish Dictionary — Real Academia Española Official Lookup

What does RAE Spanish Dictionary Scraper do?

RAE Spanish Dictionary Scraper looks up word definitions in the Real Academia Española (RAE) — the official authority on the Spanish language. Enter any Spanish word and get back the full official definition, usage examples, grammar classifications, and word forms in structured JSON.

This Actor runs on the Apify platform. Use it for Spanish NLP pipelines, language learning applications, content validation, or building Spanish vocabulary datasets.

Why use RAE Spanish Dictionary Scraper?

• Official RAE data — definitions from the authoritative source on Spanish
• Full definition data — all senses, usage examples, and grammar tags
• Batch lookups — look up hundreds of words in one run
• NLP-ready — clean structured JSON for language model training or augmentation
• Language learning — build vocabulary apps or quiz datasets from official definitions

How to use RAE Spanish Dictionary Scraper

1. Open the Actor and click Try for free
2. Enter Spanish words in the words input field
3. Click Start — definitions appear in the Output tab
4. Download as JSON or CSV, or connect via the Apify API

Input

{
  "words": ["amor", "libertad", "conocimiento", "efímero"]
}

Field	Type	Description	Default
words	array	Spanish words to look up	required

Output

Results are stored in the Apify dataset. Download in JSON, CSV, HTML, or Excel.

{
  "word": "amor",
  "found": true,
  "definitions": [
    {
      "sense": 1,
      "partOfSpeech": "sustantivo masculino",
      "definition": "Sentimiento intenso del ser humano que, partiendo de su propia insuficiencia...",
      "examples": ["el amor de madre", "amor a la patria"],
      "tags": ["coloquial"]
    }
  ],
  "forms": ["amor", "amores"],
  "url": "https://dle.rae.es/amor"
}

Output fields

Field	Type	Description
word	string	The looked-up word
found	boolean	Whether the word was found in RAE
definitions	array	All dictionary senses/definitions
definitions[].sense	number	Definition sense number
definitions[].partOfSpeech	string	Grammatical category
definitions[].definition	string	Full definition text
definitions[].examples	array	Usage examples
forms	array	Word forms (plural, conjugations)
url	string	RAE dictionary page URL

Cost

Pay-per-result pricing:

Volume	Estimated cost
100 words	~$0.01–$0.10
1,000 words	~$0.10–$1.00

Tips

• Use found: false results to identify non-standard, archaic, or misspelled words in your dataset
• Export definitions to build a custom Spanish vocabulary training dataset
• Combine with a Spanish corpus to create definition-enhanced NLP training data

FAQ

Does this cover all Spanish words? The RAE dictionary includes the standard Spanish lexicon. Colloquialisms, neologisms, and regional words may not be listed.

Is the RAE dictionary available in English? No — the RAE dictionary is in Spanish. Definitions are returned in Spanish.

Is this Actor maintained? Yes. Report bugs or feature requests in the Issues tab.

Need help or have questions? Open an issue in the Issues tab or reach out on Discord: maged03211