Fundéu

Fundéu
FundéuRAE
Formation2005-02-08; 1866 years ago (2005-02-08)
Founder
TypeNon-profit
Websitehttps://www.fundeu.es/

The FundéuRAE (Fundéu, an acronym in Spanish: Fundación del Español Urgente, lit. 'Foundation of Urgent Spanish') 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.[1]

History

The foundation was created in 2004[1] in collaboration with the Royal Spanish Academy. Chaired by that institution's then-director, Víctor García de la Concha,[2] it took a new name, Fundéu BBVA, in 2008, before returning to its original name, FundéuRAE, in 2020.[1]

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.[2]

Word of the Year

The Word of the Year (Spanish: palabra del año) 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.[3]

Year Word of the Year English translation Rationale
2013 escrache[4] escrache In the first months of 2013, escrache was popularized in Spanish media due to the actions of Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca (Spanish for Platform for People Affected by Mortgages).
2014 selfi[5] selfie
2015 refugiado[6] 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 populismo[7] populism A word heavily used that year due to Donald Trump's victory in the 2016 United States presidential election,[7] Brexit[7] and elections in Spain and Latin America.[7]
2017 aporofobia[8] 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 microplástico[9] 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[10] emoji
2020 confinamiento[11] 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 vacuna[12] vaccine Inmunidad del rebaño (herd immunity) and tripanofobia (aichmophobia) were also on the shortlist, among other terms related to COVID-19 pandemic as negacionista (negationist) or variante (variant). Also, fajana (fajã) was a word widely used in the media due to the eruption of Cumbre Vieja.
2022 inteligencia artificial[13] artificial intelligence
2023 polarización[14] polarization 2023 saw an increase in the use of the word with particular reference to political and social polarization.

References

  1. ^ a b c (in Spanish). "Las tres instituciones fundamentales del español unidas en FundéuRAE". 16/09/2020. La Vanguardia.
  2. ^ a b (in Spanish). Ruiz Mantilla, Jesús. "La agencia Efe y el BBVA crean la Fundación del Español Urgente". 9 February 2005. El País. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Selection of the word of the year 2013". fundeu.es. 29 December 2013.
  4. ^ "'Escrache', palabra del año para la Fundéu". elmundo.es. 30 December 2013.
  5. ^ "'Selfi', elegida palabra del año 2014 para la Fundéu". rtve.es. 30 December 2014.
  6. ^ ""Refugiado", palabra del año 2015 según la Fundéu". El País. 30 December 2015.
  7. ^ a b c d "¿Cuál es la palabra del año 2016 según la Fundéu?". BBC News Mundo.
  8. ^ ""Aporofobia", elegida palabra del año por la Fundéu BBVA". lavanguardia.com. 29 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Microplástico, elegida palabra del año 2018 para la Fundéu". 20minutos.es. 29 December 2018.
  10. ^ "Los 'emojis', elegidos como la palabra del año 2019 por la Fundéu BBVA". El País. 29 December 2019.
  11. ^ "Confinamiento, la palabra del año para la Fundéu". publico.es.
  12. ^ "'Vacuna' la palabra del año 2021 para la Fundéu". redaccionmedica.com.
  13. ^ (in Spanish). Morales, Manuel. "La palabra del año son dos: inteligencia artificial según la FundéuRAE". 29 December 2022. El País. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  14. ^ "«polarización», palabra del año 2023 para la FundéuRAE". fundeu.es (in Spanish). 27 December 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2024.

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