The FundéuRAE (Fundéu, an acronym in ) is a non-profit organization founded in 2005 in Madrid, Spain. The foundation was created in collaboration with the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE), an institution that standardizes the use of Spanish, and Agencia EFE's Department of Urgent Spanish.. "Las tres instituciones fundamentales del español unidas en FundéuRAE". 16/09/2020. La Vanguardia.
History The foundation was created in 2004 in collaboration with the Royal Spanish Academy. Chaired by that institution's then-director, Víctor García de la Concha,. Ruiz Mantilla, Jesús. "La agencia Efe y el BBVA crean la Fundación del Español Urgente". 9 February 2005. El País. Retrieved 22 April 2023. it took a new name, Fundéu BBVA, in 2008, before returning to its original name, FundéuRAE, in 2020.
Board of Trustees As of 2020, its board of trustees comprises the director of the Royal Spanish Academy, Santiago Muñoz Machado (chair); the chairwoman of Agencia EFE, Gabriela Cañas (vice-chair); the director of Instituto Cervantes, Luis García Montero, and the academicians José María Merino, Soledad Puértolas and Carme Riera, as well as Álex Grijelmo who, when chairman of EFE, set up the original Fundéu.
Word of the Year The Word of the Year () has been selected since 2013 by the Fundéu in collaboration with the Royal Spanish Academy. Javier Lascurain, Fundéu's subdirector and journalist explained "we are looking for a term that is representative of 2013 from the current point of view, of what has been talked about in the media, and that at the same time has a certain linguistic interest due to its formation, its origin, and its use" and announced a shortlist of twelve words.
Year Word of the Year English translation Rationale 2013 escrache In the first months of 2013, was popularized in Spanish media due to the actions of (Spanish for Platform for People Affected by Mortgages). 2014 selfie 2015 refugee The armed conflicts in Middle East countries such as Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and Eritrea created a great influx of refugees fleeing war and persecution into the Schengen Area; the European Union struggled to cope with the crisis. 2016 populism A word heavily used that year due to Donald Trump's victory in the 2016 United States presidential election, Brexit and elections in Spain and Latin America. 2017 aporophobia First coined in the 1990s by Spanish philosopher Adela Cortina, the Senate of Spain approved a motion calling for the inclusion of aporophobia as an aggravating circumstance in the Criminal Code. 2018 microplastics Half of the twelve shortlisted words in 2018 were terms related to the climate change issue and its widespread before Greta Thunberg's School Strike for Climate. 2019 emoji 2020 lockdown 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to many restrictions in Spain and South America, as in the rest of the world. 2021 vaccine (herd immunity) and (aichmophobia) were also on the shortlist, among other terms related to COVID-19 pandemic as (negationist) or (variant). Also, (fajã) was a word widely used in the media due to the eruption of Cumbre Vieja. 2022 . Morales, Manuel. "La palabra del año son dos: inteligencia artificial según la FundéuRAE". 29 December 2022. El País. Retrieved 23 April 2023. artificial intelligence 2023 polarization 2023 saw an increase in the use of the word with particular reference to political and social polarization. 2024 DANA, cold drop, or cut-off low Selected primarily because of significant usage in media surrounding the 2024 Spanish floods. Additionally, because of linguistic interest and Spanish speakers’ questions surrounding how to use the term in writing. The word comes from the acronym DANA for (“isolated depression at high levels”) and describes a common Mediterranean weather phenomenon that was responsible for catastrophic flooding in parts of Spain in 2024. 2025 tariff
References
Bibliography López Morales, Humberto (2007). Globalizacion del léxico hispánico. Madrid: Espasa Calpe Mexicana, S.A. Senz Bueno, Silvia (2011). "Fundéu-BBVA: el largo brazo de la RAE en los medios". Addenda et Corrigenda; from Senz, S., and Alberte, M. (eds.): El dardo en la Academia. Esencia y vigencia de las academias de la lengua española. Barcelona: Melusina, pp. 239-257.
External links
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