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| 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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