signo de puntuación

Definitions of signo de puntuación
  1. noun
    the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases
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    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:
    grafema, signo
    a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation)
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