boletín

Boletín is a Spanish noun meaning a brief printed or digital notice that communicates information to a specific audience. It can refer to a short publication that informs about activities, news, or notices, and is often produced by organizations, companies, schools, or media outlets. A boletín can contain news, announcements, schedules, updates, or summaries of activities, and it may be issued weekly, monthly, or as needed.

In institutional and governmental contexts, boletín also denotes a formal publication that disseminates official information, decrees, or regulations. Prominent examples include the Boletín Oficial del Estado in Spain, and the general concept of a boletín oficial used by governments around the world. The European Union publishes its official acts in the Boletín Oficial de la Unión Europea. Meteorology and broadcasting sectors use terms such as boletín meteorológico and boletín informativo to describe weather summaries and news segments.

The term extends to educational settings, where students receive a boletín de calificaciones or progress report, and to corporate communications, where organizations circulate boletines to employees. In all cases, the boletín serves as a concise channel intended to inform, announce, or summarize without requiring interactive action from readers.

Etymology: boletín comes from boleta (a small sheet, ticket) with the diminutive suffix -ín; cognate with Portuguese boletim and French bulletin.