abreviación
Galician
Etymology
From Ecclesiastical Latin abbreviātiō.
Noun
abreviación f (plural abreviacións)
- shortening, abridgement
- (linguistics) reduction
Related terms
- abreviar
Further reading
- “abreviación” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Spanish
Etymology
From Ecclesiastical Latin abbreviātiō.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -on
- IPA(key): (Spain) /abɾebjaˈθjon/ [a.β̞ɾe.β̞jaˈθjõn]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /abɾebjaˈsjon/ [a.β̞ɾe.β̞jaˈsjõn]
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: a‧bre‧via‧ción
Noun
abreviación f (plural abreviaciones)
- shortening, abridgement
- (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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014