grammar or vocabulary abbreviations in Spanish

Question

Are there in Spanish such grammar or vocabulary abbreviations as in English (sth, sb, sw, ppl, sing, pl, pers, adj, adv, n, v, pron, prep)? I only know about Ud. and Uds.

Answer 1

These are just a few that I found in my dictionary:

cap. = capítolo

dls. = dólares

Dr. = doctor

etc. = etcétera

Ldo. = licenciado

p. ej. = por ejemplo

P.D. = posdataé

tit. = título

Answer 2

i.e. (id est) is used both in English and Spanish in the same way. E.g. (exempli gratia) in English is v.g. or v.gr. (verbigracia) in Spanish.

Etc. is the same in both too. Days of the week are abbreviated too: dom, lun, mart, miérc etc. (etcétera. hehe) oh and the months can be too: oct, nov etc.

Other useful ones: a/c ( a cargo de, like c/o care of) a.C. (antes de Cristo, before Christ, BC)

ohh I hope that's what you were even asking.. - 003487d6, Dec 5, 2009

Thanks, I'm happy to know about i.e. and e.g. because I use them all the time in English. - --Mariana--, Dec 5, 2009

Answer 3

My Gran Diccionario Oxford lists at least as many for Spanish as for English. I am traveling at the moment and it is very heavy, so I have not packed it:|-) Unfortunately the dictionary websites, which also often show abbreviated entries for parts of speech, usage, etc, never seem to allow a link to a legend.

However, I notice that on the RAE site, you can "hover" over an abbreviation or acronym to see it spelled out.