Dictionary of Spoken Spanish/Abbreviations
Abbreviations and Symbols Used in this Dictionary
Abbreviations
| abbr | abbreviated |
| ajd | adjective |
| adv | adverb |
| Am | America |
| Ant | Antilles |
| Arg | Argentina |
| art | article |
| C.A. | Central America |
| Col | Colombia |
| Com | commerce, commercial |
| condit. | conditional |
| conj | conjugation |
| f | feminine |
| Fam | familiar |
| fut. | future |
| imperf. | imperfect |
| interj | interjection |
| irr | irregular |
| lit. | literally |
| m | masculine |
| Math | mathematics, mathematical |
| Mex | Mexico |
| Mil | military |
| n | noun |
| neu | neuter |
| obj | object, objective |
| part. | participle |
| pl | plural |
| prep | preposition |
| pret. | preterite |
| pres. | present |
| pron | pronoun |
| rad-ch | radical-changing |
| S.A. | South America |
| sg | singular |
| Sp | Spain |
| subj. | subjunctive |
| v | verb |
| Ven | Venezuela |
Symbols
In the vocabularies the symbol ▲ denotes an additional translation of the preceding boldface term. The symbol ○ denotes idiomatic phrases and reflexive forms. The symbol || introduces idiomatic sentences in which the boldface term is not translatable alone.