The RAE modified the definition of the term ‘Mena’ to add that it can be “derogatory”

The Spanish Royal Academy (RAE) agreed for a month ago to modify the entry of the term ‘Mena’ (acronym of minor unaccompanied) of the Spanish Language Dictionary (DLE) and added that it is a word that “is sometimes used with derogatory character.”

This has been pointed out by sources from the academic institution to Europa Press, who remember that ‘Mena’, is defined as “a minor immigrant who does not have the attention of any person who is responsible for him” and it is a voice used in Spain and not in the entire Hispanic field.

Precisely, more Madrid advanced this Sunday that he had registered a non -law proposition in the Madrid Assembly to claim the SAR to advise its normalization in public discourse.

In the initiative, it claims directly to the institution that the entrance of Mena is withdrawn to refer to unaccompanied foreign minors or that, at least, it is clarified that it is “derogatory” and advised its use, something that the RAE, according to sources of the institution, has already carried out.

“The term Mena, which are acronyms of administrative use, in recent years is used, by ultra -right, as a derogatory and dehumanizing term to disseminate hate speeches towards migrant children,” they stressed from more Madrid.

In addition, more Madrid raises in the NLP Promote the appropriate language to name migrant childhood to be “sensitive to their status as children.” It also claims to review the legal description of migrant childhood, proposing to replace the term of “unaccompanied foreign or Mena” in current legislation.