A vote promoted by Porto Editora determined that “freedom” was the word of the year in 2024, with 22% of the votes, that editorial group announced today.
The words that topped the list of most voted on the eve of the closing of the choices, on December 30, were “conflicts”, “immigration” and “freedom”, according to Porto Editora.
In a statement, the company indicated that the word “conflicts” ended up with 21.3% of the votes cast on the election platform and “immigration” with 21.2%, without specifying the absolute number of voters.
This initiative has been promoted for 16 years, seeking to value “the richness and dynamism of the Portuguese language, while reflecting the transformations and challenges of society”.
In previous editions, the words chosen were “teacher” (2023), “war” (2022), “vaccine” (2021), “saudade” (2020), “domestic violence” (2019), “nurse” (2018), “fires” (2017), “geringonça” (2016), “refugee” (2015), “corruption” (2014), “fireman” (2013), “entroikado” (2012), “austerity” (2011), “vuvuzela” (2010) and “esmiuçar” (2009).
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