Heads of Spanish language academies meet in Mexico

*Last year the Real Academia Española (RAE) included the words “baipás” (bypass), “bluyín” (blue jean), “espray” (spray) in the official Spanish lexicon. Yes, these are now official Spanish words. The REA has a seat in the Association of Spanish Language Academies that began its conference this week in Mexico City. If I were there, I’d vote for “troka” and “parquear.” VL

By EFE

The 15th Congress of the Association of Spanish Language Academies was inaugurated Monday with words about the good health of the language and the need to continue exploring its diversity in order to keep strengthening it.

Taking part in the ceremony were the directors of the Royal Spanish Academy, Dario Villanueva, of the Mexican Academy, Javier Labastida, and the head of the Ibero-American General Secretariat, Rebeca Grynspan, among other dignitaries.

Villanueva emphasized the role of the Americas in developing Spanish, the world’s No. 2 language in terms of the number of native speakers.

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