| name
| notes
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Spanish
| English
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@
| arroba
| at-sign
| Can mean ‘at’ (e.g., 5 botellas @ 10 euros), or in e-mail addresses, or the ‘unisex’ character (e.g., muchach@s for muchachos y muchachas)
[originally shorthand for L ad]
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#
| numeral
| hash
| also almohadilla (pincushion)
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/
| barra
| slash
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\
| barra inversa
| backslash
| also barra invertida or diagonal invertida
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*
| asterisco
| asterisk
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,
| coma
| comma
| also to indicate decimal: tres coma cinco – 3.5
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;
| punto y coma
| semicolon
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:
| dos puntos
| colon
| used to end a formal letter salutation; Querida Ana:
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.
| punto
| point
| full stop, period
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‘ ’
| comilla
| inverted comma
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"
| comillas
| inverted commas
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