Spanish Abbreviations (abreviaturas)

After reading a post containing an error in this area, I decided to begin this thread.

Sr. -se?or
Sra. –se?ora
Srta. –se?orita
Dr. -doctor
Dra. -doctora

Ud. (V./ Vd.) –usted
Uds. -ustedes

Srta. Garc?a: ?C?mo est? usted, se?or Castro?
Sr. Castro: Muy bien, gracias. ?Y usted, se?orita Garc?a?

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Here is a partial list of Spanish abbreviations. Feel free to add to the list.

(a) - alias
a.C. – antes de Cristo (d.C. – despu?s de Cristo)
a.n.e. (antes de nuestra era)
Apdo. – apartado
Art. - art?culo
A.T. – Antiguo Testamento
Atte. - Atentamente
c/u – cada uno


D. – don
D?a. - do?a
Dr. – doctor (Dra. doctora)

E.P.D. – En paz descance
etc. -etcetera

EE.UU. Estados Unidos
Lic./ Licdo./ Ldo. - licenciado

N.S.J.C. – Nuestro Se?or Jesucristo

p?g. – p?gina

Pdte. - Presidente

N.- S.- E.- O. – Norte, Sur, Este, Oeste
NE.- Nordeste or Noreste
NO.- Noroeste
SE. – Sudeste (Sureste)
SO. - Sudoeste (Suroeste)

S.A. – Sociedad An?nima
S.R.L (S.L) – Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada

Vdo. Vda. – widower, widow

PICHARDO said:

Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina = "El Jefe" = "Chapita" (when you had a death wish)...

Given the high probability of coming across an article detailing an event where a member of the Police or Armed Forces was involved, I think it would also be great to include those abbreviations here as well? What do you say?

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I am sorry but, I don't get it. Are you talking of an alias - an assumed name used to conceal a person's real identity? (i.e.:Rafael Trujillo Molina alias el Chivo)
If that is what you are talking about, no, that is not the purpose of this thread. However, it could be interesting to begin a thread on that topic.

To abbreviate is to reduce a word (or words)to a shorter form by leaving out some of the letters.