Spanish Conversation · Level 47
75 words
Spanish word
sigla
Pronunciation
IPA/ˈsiɣla/
Meaning
- feminine nounacronym
Example
Muchas empresas usan siglas para abreviar sus nombres.
Many companies use acronyms to shorten their names.
More examples
¿Qué significa esta sigla?
What does this acronym mean?
Core concept
Sequence of uppercase letters taken from the first words of a name (e.g., NASA).
Common phrases
usar la sigla
use the acronym
la sigla de
the acronym of
explicar la sigla
explain the acronym
Similar words
acrónimo: Initial-based abbreviation that is read aloud as one pronounceable word.
abreviatura: Abbreviated written form that shortens a term by dropping letters or syllables.
iniciales: String of initials consisting of the first letters of each word, presented separately.
Definition in Spanish
Forma de abreviación que se obtiene juntando las letras iniciales de varias palabras para nombrar de modo breve instituciones, organizaciones o conceptos.
Word origin
Derived from medieval Latin sigla, originally meaning shorthand signs, which came to denote initial-letter abbreviations in Romance languages.
Usage tips
- In English 'acronym' often covers both pronounceable and spelled-out forms, but Spanish tends to reserve acrónimo for pronounceable forms and sigla for initial-letter abbreviations in general.
Other meanings
- abbreviationnoun
Opposites
- nombre completofull namenoun