¿ ?

¿ ?

See also: Appendix:Variations of "?"

¿ U+00BF, ¿ INVERTED QUESTION MARK ← ¾ [U+00BE] Latin-1 Supplement À → [U+00C0]

? U+003F, ? QUESTION MARK ← > [U+003E] Basic Latin @ → [U+0040]

Translingual

Punctuation mark

¿ ?

1. Encloses a question in some languages.

Usage notes

The symbols are called, in English:

• ¿ = inverted question mark
• ? = question mark

See also

• ¡ !

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Catalan

Punctuation mark

¿ ?

1. Occasionally encloses a question in modern Catalan. At other times, a lone question mark is used at the end with nothing at the beginning of the question.

Usage notes

¿ is used at the beginning of a question, with ? at the end; however, it is not mandatory to use ¿.

See also

• ¡ !
• ?

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Spanish

Punctuation mark

¿ ?

1. encloses a question in Spanish; equivalent in English and many other languages: ?

   ¿Cómo estás? ― How are you?

   Si tú fuiste, ¿a qué hora llegaste? ― If you went, at what time did you arrive?

Usage notes

In written Spanish, the ¿ symbol is placed at the beginning of an interrogative phrase, with the ? at the end of the phrase. As SMS messaging and other forms of electronic communication have become more common, many speakers only use ? for questions and ! for exclamations, leaving out the initial typographical mark. This is considered non-standard usage.

Coordinate terms

• ¡ !

Further reading

• Inverted question and exclamation marks on Wikipedia.Wikipedia