abreviación

See also: abreviacion

Galician

Alternative forms

• abreviaçom, abreviação (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin abbreviātiō.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /abɾɛbjaˈθjoŋ/ [a.β̞ɾɛ.β̞jaˈθjoŋ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /abɾɛbjaˈθjoŋ/ [a.β̞ɾɛ.β̞jaˈθjoŋ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /abɾɛbjaˈsjoŋ/ [a.β̞ɾɛ.β̞jaˈsjoŋ]

• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: a‧bre‧via‧ción

Noun

abreviación f (plural abreviacións)

1. shortening, abridgement
2. (linguistics) reduction

Related terms

• abreviar

Further reading

• “abreviación”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *mreǵʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-us

Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰusder.

Proto-Italic *breɣʷis

Latin brevis

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin breviō

Latin abbreviō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Ecclesiastical Latin abbreviātiōnembor.

Spanish abreviación

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin abbreviātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abɾebjaˈθjon/ [a.β̞ɾe.β̞jaˈθjõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /abɾebjaˈsjon/ [a.β̞ɾe.β̞jaˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: a‧bre‧via‧ción

Noun

abreviación f (plural abreviaciones)

1. shortening, abridgement
2. (linguistics) reduction

Usage notes

• In Spanish there are several types of reductions that can happen to language: abreviatura (“abbreviation”), acortamiento (“shortening”), acrónimo (“phonetic acronym”), sigla (“any acronym”), símbolo (“symbol”).

Related terms

• abreviar

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: abreviashon
• → Tagalog: abrebyasyon

Further reading

• “abreviación”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025