Acronyms and abbreviations in Spanish from English

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Acronyms abbreviations from English which are common in Spanish.
ESPA (Secondary Education for Adults)


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Olga Martín Cobos
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Abbreviations and acronyms

Definition
Acronym: word created from the first letters
of each word in a series of words.
Abbreviation: shortened form of a word or a
phrase, some have used initialism or
alphabetism to refer to an abbreviation formed
simply from, and used simply as, a string of
initials.

CIA

FBI

EU
European Union

United States of America
USA

Great Britain
GB

Save Our Souls
SOS

International Standard Book Number
ISBN

Personal
Identification Number
PIN

www.
World Wide Web

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization

FAO
Food Agriculture Organization

NATO
North Atlantic Treat Organization

British Broadcasting Corporation

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

K.O.
Knock out (noquear)

National Basketball Association

MVP
Most Valuable Player

UEFA
Union of European Football Associations

VIP
Very Important Person

Unidentified Flying Object
UFO

Laser
Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of
Radiation

RADAR
Radio Detection and Ranging
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