🇪🇸 Spanish Vocabulary — 28 Jul 2026

"The city’s population was diverse and fractious, with religious and ethnic groups who spoke Russian, Polish, Belarusian, German, Yiddish and Hebrew, and often came to blows with one another."

"Those who believed in finvenkismo scorned Raŭmismo."

"At this moment of international glory for the country, the rulers also need to think about how to apply Pakistan’s diplomatic acumen to lessen regional tensions, as well as to encourage internal political rapprochement, bringing together disparate powers in a bid to ease global tensions."

"That mission makes sense: the survival of a made-up language demands a tight ship, since dialectical differences and patois often birth entire new “natural languages”."

"Eventually, the collective optimism of the early internet dissipated, and I forgot about Esperanto."

"Esperanto was once a force in global politics, particularly among a growing cadre of anarcho-syndicalists, socialists and “anationalists”."

"The incident has called into question FIFA’s neutrality."

"In the shadow of the war to end all wars, people desperately hoped that the human race would never again tolerate such fevered violence, and Esperanto grew hand in hand with the pacifist movement."

"Esperanto was once a force in global politics, particularly among a growing cadre of anarcho-syndicalists, socialists and “anationalists”."

"Zamenhof believed that the constant clashes in his home town and beyond were, above all, the product of semantic heterogeneity."

"The International Esperanto Naturist Organisation showered passersby with pamphlets featuring stock photos of aspirationally fit, naked bodies."

"I wondered whether this optimistic coterie of devotees may be on to something after all – and what the rest of us could salvage from what might otherwise seem like an ill-fated, bittersweet experiment."

"Why, against all evidence to the contrary, would this motley group – many of whom are no strangers to global conflict – still believe that the widespread adoption of a century-and-a-half-old invented language may yet overpower the world’s divisions?"

"This situation has created multiple challenges for us as our economy, energy security, supply chain and diaspora are all under threat in and around these countries."

"Zamenhof believed that Esperanto would become nothing short of the world’s salvific second language, unifying all individuals and governments."

"For a satirist or a cynic, Esperantists are easy fodder."

"Though they rarely articulate it as such, enthusiasts such as Jurobola are essentially embracing a strain of Esperantist thought known as Raŭmismo."