types:
diacrítico
a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation
ídem
a mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated
dólar
a mark ($) written before a number to indicate that it stands for the number of dollars
punta
a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
signo de puntuación
the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases
acento
a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
cuadrada
a diacritical mark (U-shaped) placed over a vowel to indicate a short sound
circunflejo
a diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality
tilde
a diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization
diéresis
a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound
ampersand
a punctuation mark (&) used to represent conjunction (and)
apóstrofe,
apóstrofo
the mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word
llave
either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material
corchete
either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material
corchete
either of two punctuation marks (`<' or `>') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material
dos puntos
a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)
coma
a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence
guión
a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
paréntesis
either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material
punto
a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
comillas
a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else
punto y coma
a punctuation mark (`;') used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period
barra,
slash
a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information