Rosalía upsets purists by mixing Spanish into Catalan

Catalan pop star Rosalía used Catalan-Spanish words in 'Milionària', her first single in Catalan, upsetting language purists who say she dilutes the language, Guardian reports. In her new single she uses the word "cumpleanys", a corruption of the Spanish "cumpleaños", to mean birthday, instead of the Catalan "aniversari", she also uses "escoltada" (accompanied) when in Catalan the word is "escortada". She was just being natural since many people, especially in the Barcelona area, mix Spanish into their Catalan.