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El Rincón Español - homeschool Spanish support
May. 5, 2009
Abbreviated words

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Just as we do in English, some words are abbreviated and shortened in Spanish.  In fact, some of the shortened forms are used more commonly than the whole words.  He is an incomplete list of some common shortened words:
  • El micro - short for el microondas- microwave (in some countries el micro also refers to a city bus)
  • la foto - short for la fotografía - photo
  • la compu - short for la computadora - computer
  • la moto - short for la motocicleta - motorcycle
  • la bici - short for la bicicleta - bicycle
  • el boli - short for el bolígrafo - ball point pen
  • la abue - short for la abuela - grandmother
  • "mano" - not to be confused with "la mano" which means hand, the word hermano (brother) is sometimes shortened to "mano".  This is what a teenage guy may call his friends.

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