The FundéuRAE (''Fundéu'' being an acronym for es, Fundación del Español Urgente, lit=Foundation of Emerging Spanish) is a
non-profit organization
A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in co ...
founded in February 2005 in
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the Largest cities of the Europ ...
,
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
. The foundation was created in collaboration with the
Royal Spanish Academy (a government institution that standardizes Spanish) and under the
Department of Urgent Spanish of
Agencia EFE
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. It took a new name, Fundéu BBVA, in 2008, and, after a short while with the original name, adopted in 2020 FundéuRAE.
Word of the year
The Word of the Year ( es, Palabra del Año) has been named since 2013 by the Fundéu in collaboration with the
Royal Spanish Academy. 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.
References
Bibliography
* Morales, Humberto Lopez. ''Globalizacion del léxico hispánico''. Madrid: Espasa Calpe Mexicana, S.A., 2007.
* Senz Bueno, Silvia
"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, 2011, p. 239-257.
External links
HomepageWikilenguaDepartamento de Español UrgenteWord of the Year
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Spanish language
Foundations based in Spain