Popular abbreviations

Question

Does Spanish have popular abbreviations like English does (such as lol, brb,ttyl) ?

Answer 1

Apparently so. Here are a few for starters.

BTW on a purely pedantic note, many people (including the linked article writer) call these short form phrases abbreviations, but strictly speaking most are not. For instance with your examples two are initialisms (BRB, TTYL), and one is an initialism or an acronym depending on how you pronounce it (LOL). For those interested:

Abbreviation: A shortened form of a word: Abbr., Thurs. etc.

Initialism: A collection of letters (normally initials) from a phrase that are pronounced as letters: DNA, CIA etc.

Acronym: A collection of letters (normally initials) from a phrase that are pronounced as words: NASA, LASER etc.

Answer 2

What would a Language be without them

Más comprensible Quizás ? - ray76, Feb 3, 2017

It would be like a computer language. Intricate but B O R I N G !! - Daniela2041, Feb 4, 2017

Answer 3

Does Spanish have popular abbreviations like English does (such as lol, brb,ttyl) ?

Hi, Jellonz: As correct as your answer may be, it doesn't address the question.

Here is a humongous list of Spanish abbreviations, initialisms and whatever .

Spanish Abbreviations

And Here's an article about "slangy" abbreviations and text talk.

Slangy Abbreviations and Text Talk

Well I'll be jiggered I never knew that . Not that I avoided the Aussie for jiggered out of deference to your delicate disposition . - ray76, Feb 3, 2017

Lol. I did actually address the question Dani. If you click on my "Here" you'll find the very same list you linked to :) - jellonz, Feb 4, 2017

Well, people can see my links. So There!!! I had to look real hard to see that your "here" was a link. - Daniela2041, Feb 4, 2017

Thank you, jellonz and Daniela2041, I appreciated your answers. Languages are so complicated! - m_fifty, Feb 4, 2017

Also, jellonz, I saw your "here" link. Thanks for the help! - m_fifty, Feb 4, 2017

You're welcome Malia :) - jellonz, Feb 4, 2017

Yep, Spanish is really complicated, I was two years old before I could make any sense in it . jejejeje. - Daniela2041, Feb 4, 2017

Hey, Jellonz, next time I'll get my seeing - eye dog to help me. (I hope you are not taking me seriously.) I DO joke around a lot. - Daniela2041, Feb 4, 2017

It's all good Dani. I was going to suggest you bought a colour monitor but I wasn't sure if you were joking or not, or if you'd take that as a joke or not :) Which it would have been of course :) - jellonz, Feb 4, 2017