can para be spelled (pa') as abbreviation?
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"can (Para) be pronounced (pa') as an abbreviation?
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updated May 10, 2011
posted by RashaNour2
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The pa' is not an abbreviation, but a way of reproducing the way many people speak fast and colloquially, since they don't pronounce the final -ra. However, it cannot be used for proper written Spanish... yet.
updated May 10, 2011
posted by lazarus1907
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I don't think that it's standard Spanish, but rather a bit of slang or colloquial abbreviation.
I've seen it in songs and heard it in speech. "Esto es pa´ ti." (This is for you.)
Samba Pa' Ti --- Santana
updated May 8, 2011
edited by --Mariana--
posted by --Mariana--
