abreviación

See also: abreviacion

Galician

Alternative forms

• abreviaçom, abreviação (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin abbreviātiō.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /abɾɛbjaˈθjoŋ/ [a.β̞ɾɛ.β̞jaˈθjoŋ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /abɾɛbjaˈθjoŋ/ [a.β̞ɾɛ.β̞jaˈθjoŋ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /abɾɛbjaˈsjoŋ/ [a.β̞ɾɛ.β̞jaˈsjoŋ]

• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: a‧bre‧via‧ción

Noun

abreviación f (plural abreviacións)

1. shortening, abridgement
2. (linguistics) reduction

Related terms

• abreviar

Further reading

• “abreviación”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin abbreviātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /abɾebjaˈθjon/ [a.β̞ɾe.β̞jaˈθjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /abɾebjaˈsjon/ [a.β̞ɾe.β̞jaˈsjõn]

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: a‧bre‧via‧ción

Noun

abreviación f (plural abreviaciones)

1. shortening, abridgement
2. (linguistics) reduction

Usage notes

• In Spanish there are several types of reductions that can happen to language: abreviatura (“abbreviation”), acortamiento (“shortening”), acrónimo (“phonetic acronym”), sigla (“any acronym”), símbolo (“symbol”).

Related terms

• abreviar

 

Further reading

• “abreviación”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10