Spanish Cell Phone and Social Media Abbreviations

Do you want to send cellphone text messages to your Spanish-speaking friends? Or communicate with them on Facebook or other social media (known as medios sociales in Spanish)? Youll find it easy with this texting and social media abbreviation glossary. Sending messages in Spanish can pose a challenge in typing accented letters and Spanish punctuation, as the method isnt always intuitive and varies with the software. But that hasnt prevented cellphone chat — technically known in both English and Spanish as SMS (for Short Message Service) — from becoming useful for Spanish speakers worldwide. The term is common in Spanish, where SMS is pronounced as would be esemese. Phone Texting Abbreviations Cellphone abbreviations are far from standardized, but here are some of them you may come across or want to try using yourself. 100pre — siempre — alwaysa10 — adià ³s — goodbyea2 — adià ³s — goodbyeac — hace — (form of hacer)aki — aquà ­ — hereamr — amor — loveaora — ahora — nowasdc — al salir de clase — after classasias — gracias — thanksb — bien — well, goodbb — bebà © — babybbr — bbr — to drinkbs, bss — besos — kissesbye — adià ³s — goodbyeb7s — besitos — kissesc — sà ©, se — I know; (reflexive pronoun)cam — cà ¡mara — cameracdo — cuando —  whenchao, chau — adià ³s — goodbyed — de — from, ofd2 — dedos — fingersdcr — decir — to saydew, dw — adià ³s — goodbyedfcl — difà ­cil — difficultdim — dime — tell mednd — dà ³nde — whereems — hemos — We haveers — eres tà º — you are, are youers2 — eres tà º — are youexo — hecho — acteys — ellos — they inde — fin de semana — weekendfsta — fiesta — partygrrr — enfadado — angryhl — hasta luego — see you laterhla — hola — helloiwal — igual — equalk — que, quà © — that, whatkbza — cabeza — headkls — clase — classkm — como — as, likekntm — cuà ©ntame — tell meKO — estoy muerto — Im in big trouble.kyat — cà ¡llate — Shut up.m1ml — mà ¡ndame un mensaje luego — Send me a message later.mim — misià ³n imposible — mission impossiblemsj — msnsaje — messagemxo — mucho — a lotnph — no puedo hablar — I cant talk now.npn — no pasa nada — nothings happeningpa — para, padre — for, fatherpco — poco — a littlepdt — pià ©rdete — get lostpf — por favor — pleasepls — por favo r — pleasepq — porque, porquà © — because, whyq — que  Ã¢â‚¬â€ that, whatq acs? —  ¿Quà © haces? — What are you doing?qand, qando — cuando, cuà ¡ndo — whenqdms — quedamos — were stayingq plomo! —  ¡Quà © plomo! — What a drag!q qrs? —  ¿Quà © quieres? — What do you want?q risa! —  ¡Quà © risa! — What a laugh!q sea — quà © sea — whateverq tal? — quà © tal — Whats happening?br/>salu2 — saludos — hello, goodbyesbs? —  ¿sabes? — Do you know?sms — mensaje — messagespro — espero — I hopet — te — you (as object pronoun)tas OK? —  ¿Està ¡s bien? — Are you OK?tb — tambià ©n — alsotq — te quiero — I love youtqi — tengo que irme — I have to leaveuni — universidad — university, collegevns? â€⠀  ¿Vienes? — Are you coming?vos — vosotros — you (plural)wpa —  ¡Guapa! — Sweet!xdon — perdà ³n — sorryxfa — por favor — pleasexo — pero — butxq — porque, porquà © — because, whyymam, ymm — llà ¡mame — call mezzz — dormir — sleeping — mà ¡s — more:) — feliz, alegre — happy:( — triste — sado- — mà ¡s o menos — more or less- — menos — less:p — sacar lengua — tongue sticking out;) — guià ±o — wink Many of the messages using a q for que or quà © can also be expressed with a k, such as tki for tengo que irme. A few popular abbreviations for vulgar words arent included in this list. Social Media Abbreviations and Vocabulary Many of the abbreviations above are also commonly used in social media such as Facebook and Twitter. Here are some others that are commonly used: AHRE, ahre — (origin uncertain) — A word, especially common in Argentina, used to indicate that what has just been said should be understood ironically or as a joke, something like the way the winking symbol can be used ALV — a la verga — A common insult, cam be considered vulgar etiqueta — The word for label, preferred by some for hashtag mensaje directo, mensaje privado — Private message Vocabulary Related to Text Messaging Although its frowned on by purists and isnt in most dictionaries, the verb textear is often used as the equivalent of to text. It is conjugated as a regular verb. The noun form is a cognate, texto. Another verb derived from English is chatear, to chat. A text message is a mensaje de texto. To send such as message is enviar un mensaje de texto. Words for cellphone include telà ©fono celular or celular, more common in Latin America; and telà ©fono mà ³vil or mà ³vil, more common in Spain. A smartphone is a telà ©fono inteligente, although use of the English word, sometimes spelled esmartfà ³n, is frequent. A messaging app is an aplicacià ³n de mensajes or app de mensajes.