From “abuses” to “urgencies”: choosing the “word of the year” begins in Portugal and Angola
From “abuses” to “urgencies” there are ten proposals to choose “the word of the year” 2022, whose ‘online’ voting starts today in www.palavradoano.pt🇧🇷 The list of ten words was prepared by Porto Editora, “through the suggestions received on the initiative’s website, user research carried out in the Portuguese Language Dictionary, at www.infopedia.pt and the permanent work of observation and monitoring of reality of the Portuguese language”, explained Porto Editora.
The list of candidates “allows us to draw a picture of the events that marked the collective life of the country”, argues the publisher.
“The Catholic Church set up an independent commission to investigate cases of sexual abuse in its institutions, having already received more than 400 complaints”, hence the choice of word “abuse”.
The second candidate word is “cyberattack”justified by the fact that “cyberattacks [terem alcançado] this year an unprecedented dimension and seriously affecting various organizations and companies”.
third term is “energy”justified by the “energy crisis caused by scarcity and the difficulty of accessing energy sources”, with “impact on the lives of families and companies”.
“War” is the fourth term on the list of finalists, due to “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine [que] started the biggest military conflict in Europe since World War II [1939-1945]🇧🇷
In the middle of the table of candidate words appears “inflation”🇧🇷 “The rate greatly surpassed that of previous years, reaching the highest value since 1992”, argues Porto Editora.
The sixth term is “fees”to the extent that “the increase in interest rates is raising the value of bank loan installments, creating difficulties for families and companies”.
follows “nuclear”the “risk of a nuclear disaster [que] has been on the agenda throughout 2022”.
“The Death of Queen Elizabeth II [que] ended one of the longest reigns in history” justifies the choice of another word in the competition, “queen”.
Among the ten candidates for the “Word of the Year” are “drought” and “emergencies” by, respectively, “in 2022, the country [ter enfrentado] one of the worst droughts in the last 100 years” and because “emergency cases were recurrent in hospitals across the country, especially in obstetrics and pediatrics”.
Last year, in Portugal it was elected “word of the year” “vaccine” which succeeded “saudade” (2020).
The choice of the “word of the year” 2002 in Angola also begins today, in www.palavradoano.co.ao🇧🇷
Group of ten candidate words includes “alternation”in an allusion to the “government alternation” in Luanda, “basket”in a reference to the “pricing of basic basket products” and even “covid”due to measures to combat the pandemic, “Take Care”word justified by, “despite the setbacks, the Angolans” manage to “always find something to look after”, which means pleasant.
In the middle of the table of candidates is “elections”in a reference to this year’s election, which gave victory to the MPLA with 51.17% of the votes.
Other candidate terms are “climbing”justified by the “price escalation [que] has had a strong impact on the daily lives of Angolans”, “fraud”in a reference to “fighting fraud, in particular tax fraud, [que] has been one of the priorities of the government”, “kumbu”Angolan expression to refer to money.
The list of ten candidate terms for the “word of the year” in Angola dates back to “mwangolé”which means “maintain optimism and good spirits”, and “opposition”chosen in the context of the recent electoral process, due to the increase in its margin of representation.
Last year, “the word of the year” was “pandemic”.
Voting for “the word of the year” in Portugal and Angola ends on the 31st and the winning word is announced in the first weeks of January 2023.