The word that defines the characters of this touching photo has been chosen as the 2015 word of Spanish, the Spanish Foundation Urgent (Fundéu).
“Refugee” was chosen by the nine members of the Fundéu, beating other finalists words like “chikungunya”, “inequality” or “disruptive” according to the organization announced Wednesday .
According to the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Language Academy, RAE, refugee is the “person who, because of wars, revolutions or political persecution, was forced to seek refuge outside their country. ‘”
Among the reasons explaining the Fundéu on their website to have chosen the word as” the most significant of the year, “is just in case the same term has aroused among Spanish speakers.
Refugee, migrant, immigrant terms have been widely discussed among experts to explain the immigration crisis facing the world today.
“Learning to accurately name is a first step to integrate as feel and all that surrounds us. Therefore, because the lexical rigor is essential, in this year in which many millions of people have had to leave their home and country, Fundéu word refugee has chosen 2015 “, published on Wednesday the organization, created in 2005, which aims to promote the proper use of Spanish.
The Oxford Dictionary, meanwhile, announced in November for the first time the word of 2015, is not a word but an emoticon.
The “face with tears of joy” was selected as the most impressive of the year, surpassing even “refugee”, translation refugee in English, as emoticon more used in 2015.
“There were other strong contenders in a wide range, but the smiley crying with laughter was chosen as the” word “that better reflects the distinctive character, mood and concerns 2015, “says Oxford University Press, publisher of the dictionary, on its website about the curious choice.
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