Spanish: An Essential Grammar

With nouns and adjectives referring to political and religious affiliation:

Es jefe de los conservadores. He is leader of the

Conservatives.

Esta creencia es de origen judío. This belief is of Jewish origin.

In official titles:

los reyes de España the King and Queen of Spain

el almirante Grau Admiral Grau

In titles of plays, films and books:

Los ríos profundosde Arguedas Arguedas’s Deep Rivers

Note, however, the use of capitals for newspaper and magazine titles such

as El Comercio, El País, Ultima Hora.

Acronyms and abbreviations

Capitals in Spanish commonly form acronyms. It is also characteristic of

Spanish to indicate the plural by a doubling of the capital letters:

la CGT (Confederación General the General Confederation of

del Trabajo) Workers

la ONU (Organización de UN (the United Nations)

Naciones Unidas)

las CCAA (Comunidades the Autonomous Regions

Autónomas)

las FFAA (Fuerzas Armadas) the Armed Forces

Typical too of Spanish is the practice of forming nouns and adjectives from

acronyms:

emerretista a member of the MRTA(Movimiento

Revolucionario Túpac Amaru)

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