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grafema

Definitions of grafema
  1. noun
    a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation)
    synonyms: signo
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    types:
    flecha, indicador
    a mark to indicate a direction or relation
    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
    cedilla, virgulilla, vírgula
    a diacritical mark (,) placed below the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced as an s
    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
    admiración, exclamación, signo de admiración, signo de exclamación
    a punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation
    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
    interrogante, signo de interrogación
    a punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question
    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
    type of:
    gráfico, símbolo gráfico
    a written or printed symbol
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