Overview
- The designation was announced at the Royal Spanish Academy in Madrid during FundéuRAE’s 20th‑anniversary ceremony presided by Queen Letizia, with Equality Minister Ana Redondo in attendance.
- FundéuRAE cited its criteria of social presence, linguistic relevance, and broad usage across the Spanish‑speaking world in selecting the term.
- Coverage links the term’s surge to a year of renewed protectionist measures and to U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated emphasis on tariffs in policy and public statements.
- “Arancel” refers to duties applied to imports and moved from specialist economic jargon to a common fixture in headlines and daily conversation in 2025.
- It was chosen from a shortlist of twelve that included apagón, boicot, dron, generación Z, macroincendio, macrorredada, papa, preparacionista, rearme, tierras raras and trumpismo, succeeding 2024’s winner, dana.