Elena Herraiz

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| birth_name = Elena Herraiz Medina

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| birth_place = Guadalajara, Castilla–La Mancha, Spain

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| years_active = 2019–present

| genre = Linguistics

| subscribers = 835 thousand

| views = 114.881 million

| stats_update = 28 March 2025

| language = Spanish

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Elena Herraiz Medina ({{IPA|es|eˈlena eˈrajθ meˈðina}}; born 11 November 1992), known online as Linguriosa ({{IPA|es|liŋɡuˈɾjosa|pron}}), is a Spanish YouTuber, linguistic popularizer and Spanish-language teacher.{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2024-01-11/linguriosa-divulgadora-linguistica-en-youtube-la-lengua-la-hacemos-los-hablantes-no-ninguna-academia.html|title=Linguriosa, divulgadora lingüística en YouTube: 'La lengua la hacemos los hablantes, no ninguna academia'|access-date=2024-03-20|last=Morales|first=Manuel|date=2024-01-11|work=El País|url-access=subscription|language=es-ES}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.elespanol.com/eldigitalcastillalamancha/sociedad/20240217/elena-herraiz-linguista-guadalajara-saltado-redes-television/833416774_0.html|title=Elena Herraiz, la lingüista de Guadalajara que ha saltado de las redes a la televisión|access-date=2024-03-19|date=2024-02-17|work=El Español|language=es-ES}} Since 2024, she has appeared on the TV programme {{lang|es|Cifras y letras}}.

Early life and career

A native of Guadalajara, Herraiz studied Translation and Interpreting at the University of Valladolid, specializing in English and German, and went on to pursue a master's degree at the University of Alcalá, becoming a teacher of Spanish as a second language. She moved to Berlin for five years to teach Spanish.{{Cite web|url=https://nuevaalcarria.com/articulos/la-alcarrena-y-linguriosa-elena-herraiz-en-el-nuevo-cifras-y-letras|title=La alcarreña y 'linguriosa' Elena Herraiz, en el nuevo Cifras y Letras|access-date=2024-03-19|date=2024-01-08|work=Nueva Alcarria|language=es-ES}}

In September 2019, she started the YouTube channel Linguriosa (a portmanteau of {{lang|es|lingüista curiosa}}, 'curious linguist'),{{Cite web|url=https://www.eldiario.es/cultura/elena-herraiz-linguriosa-gente-le-gusta-castellano-medieval_1_11519757.html|title=Elena Herraiz, Linguriosa: 'A la gente le gusta muchísimo el castellano medieval'|access-date=2024-07-14|last=Rada|first=Javier|date=2024-07-12|work=ElDiario.es|language=es-ES}} originally dedicated to sharing teaching methods for Spanish grammar, but where she now deals with linguistic doubts and focuses on Spanish language history and etymology.{{Cite web|url=https://www.publimetro.cl/entretenimiento/2022/10/06/el-boom-de-la-linguriosa-la-youtuber-espanola-que-juega-con-las-palabras-y-le-saca-la-lengua-a-la-santisima-rae/|title=El boom de la Linguriosa: la youtuber española que juega con las palabras y le saca la lengua a la santísima RAE...|access-date=2024-03-20|date=2022-10-06|work=Publimetro Chile|language=es-CL}}

In early 2024, Herraiz began collaborating on the {{lang|es|Televisión Española|i=no}} game show {{lang|es|Cifras y letras}} (the Spanish version of {{lang|fr|Des chiffres et des lettres}}), broadcast on {{lang|es|La 2|i=no}}, as a language expert.{{Cite web|url=https://www.adoptauntio.es/lab/article/elena-herraiz-y-las-curiosidades-del-castellano|title=Elena Herraiz y las curiosidades del español|access-date=2024-03-19|work=www.adoptauntio.es|language=es-ES}} She also started a joint podcast with YouTube medical popularizer Sandra Ortonobes ({{lang|es|La Hiperactina|i=no}}), titled {{lang|es|Tú de ciencias y yo de letras}}.{{Cite Instagram|last=Herraiz|first=Elena|user=_linguriosa_|postid=C22jbomIyW0|date=2024-02-02|title=Os presentamos ✨TÚ DE CIENCIAS Y YO DE LETRAS✨|language=es-ES|access-date=2024-10-27|url-status=live}}

Personal life

Herraiz is a vegetarian. She has a girlfriend.{{Cite AV media|last=Herraiz|first=Elena|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=iICs6q8laRg&t=117s|date=2023-06-25|title=🏳️‍🌈Si son GAYS, NO lo llames MATRIMONIO|language=es-ES|via=YouTube|time=1:57|access-date=2024-11-05}}{{Cite Instagram|last=Herraiz|first=Elena|user=_linguriosa_|postid=C8w9aNWIJY3|date=2024-06-28|title=❤️🧡💛💚💙💜|language=es-ES|access-date=2024-11-05|url-status=live}}