Word of the year (Spain)

In Spain, the Word of the Year (Spanish: Palabra del Año) has been named since 2013 by the Fundéu, a non-profit organization, in collaboration with the Royal Spanish Academy.

Main article: Word of the year

Background

Fundéu started to name a word of the year in 2013. Javier Lascurain, Fundéu's subdirector and periodist 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.[1]

List of Words of the Year
Year Word of the Year English translation Explanation
2013 escrache [2] 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 [3] selfie
2015 refugiado [4] 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 [5] populism A word heavily used that year due to Donald Trump's victory in the 2016 United States presidential election, the earliest stances of Brexit and elections in Spain and Peru.
2017 aporofobia [6] 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 [7] microplastics Half of the twelve shorlisted words in 2018 were terms related to the climate change issue and its widespread before Greta Thunberg's School Strike for Climate.
2019 emoji [8] emoji
2020 confinamiento [9] 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 [10] vaccine Inmunidad del rebaño (herd immunity) and tripanofobia (aichmophobia) were considered in the shorlist for word of the year 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.

References
  1. "Selection of the word of the year 2013". fundeu.es.
  2. "'Escrache', palabra del año para la Fundéu". elmundo.es.
  3. "'Selfi', elegida palabra del año 2014 para la Fundéu". rtve.es.
  4. ""Refugiado", palabra del año 2015 según la Fundéu". elpais.com.
  5. "¿Cuál es la palabra del año 2016 según la Fundéu?". bbc.com.
  6. ""Aporofobia", elegida palabra del año por la Fundéu BBVA". lavanguardia.com.
  7. "Microplástico, elegida palabra del año 2018 para la Fundéu". 20minutos.es.
  8. "Los 'emojis', elegidos como la palabra del año 2019 por la Fundéu BBVA". elpais.com.
  9. "Confinamiento, la palabra del año para la Fundéu". publico.es.
  10. "'Vacuna' la palabra del año 2021 para la Fundéu". redaccionmedica.com.
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