MEANING
ENGLISH:
A lot, many, several, much, abundant, abundance, plenty
SPANISH:
Muchos, varios, abundante, abundancia, bastante
Family: Letters
EXPLANATION
This a abstraction combined with an abbreviated visual cue. It combines the ‘’A’’ and the ‘’L’’ from ‘’A lot’’.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Specific, exact, particular, precise, accurate
SPANISH: Específico, exacto, particular, preciso
EXPLANATION
This is an abstraction of a bullseye. When you ‘’hit the bullseye’’ you are ‘’accurate’’, ‘’on point’’.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Angle, acute, pointy, sharp
SPANISH: Ángulo, agudo, puntiagudo
Families: Math
EXPLANATION
This is the symbol for ‘’angle’’ in math. It’s also acute because an acute angle is less than 90 degrees, most likely you will draw this angle with less than 90 degrees. It’s also pointy because it has a little corner on the left is pointy (triangle sets are also pointy/sharp).
MEANING
ENGLISH: Address, location, locate, position
SPANISH: Dirección, ubicación, ubicar, localizar, posición
Family: Circles, Image abstractions
EXPLANATION
This is a visual abstraction from a radar/GPS.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Affect
SPANISH: Afectar
Families: Letters, Medicine
EXPLANATION
I created a new character from the letter ‘’A’’ and ‘’F’’ as in ‘’affect’’.
MEANING
ENGLISH
After, afterwards
SPANISH:
Después
Families: Arrows
EXPLANATION
The arrow departs from the left (past) and moves to the right (future). Something happened before and the arrow or vertical line happens after.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Afternoon, evening
SPANISH: Tarde
Family: Compound symbols, image abstractions
EXPLANATION
This is the combination of two symbols: the moon and the sun. If you combine them, you get the moon with sun rays which means afternoon.
MEANING
ENGLISH: All, everything, entire, complete, total, whole
SPANISH: Todo, entero, completo, total
Family: Letters, Math
EXPLANATION
Math symbol.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Permission, permit, allow, let
SPANISH: Permiso, permitir, dejar que...
Families: Arrows, Letters
EXPLANATION
This is a combination of the ‘’good’’ symbol and a bent ‘’P’’ to make it stand out.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Alone, just, single, unique, self
SPANISH: Solo, único
Families: Arrow, Punctuation marks
EXPLANATION
The angle brackets are ‘’isolating’’ the short horizontal line. So, the line is on its own.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Always, forever, eternal, infinite
SPANISH: Siempre, para siempre, eterno, infinito
Families: Math
EXPLANATION
This is the math symbol for ‘’infinite’’ which can also mean forever in plain language.
MEANING
ENGLISH: And, also
SPANISH: Y, también
Families: Letters
EXPLANATION
The ampersand symbol. It literally means ‘’and’’.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Animal, pet, dog, cat
SPANISH: Animal, mascota, perro, gato
Families: Image abstractions, Circles
EXPLANATION
MEANING
ENGLISH: Answer, reply, response
SPANISH: Respuesta, responder
Families: Letters
EXPLANATION
This is the ‘’A’’ of ‘’Answer’’. The curved line instead of the horizontal line in the ‘’A’’ tweaks it a little bit. It’s odd enough to remember it’s the ‘’A for answer’’.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Anxiety, anxious
SPANISH: Ansiedad, ansioso
Families: X family, Letters, Medicine
EXPLANATION
MEANING
ENGLISH: Apply, application
SPANISH: Aplicar, aplicación
Families: Letters
EXPLANATION
There are two ways of drawing this symbol. The abbreviation is ‘’a’’ and ‘’p’’ from ‘’apply’’. The ‘’p’’ is on top of the ‘’a’’ to make it stand out as a weird ‘’a’’, ‘’p’’.The other option is the abstraction of an applicator.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Date, appointment, schedule
SPANISH: Fecha, cita, agendar, programar
Families: Lines
EXPLANATION
The three lines stand for DD/MM/YY (3 empty slots) _/_/_ which becomes _ _ _
MEANING
ENGLISH: Are
SPANISH: Son, es
Families: Letters
EXPLANATION
This is an abbreviation from ‘’Are’’. Once you choose a letter to represent something, stick to that meaning. Don’t use the same letter for something else.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Arm, shoulder, forearm, muscle
SPANISH: Brazo, hombro, antebrazo, músculo
Families: Body parts, Image abstractions
EXPLANATION
This is the abstraction of a strong arm.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Arrive, arrival
SPANISH: Llegar, llegada
Families: Letters
EXPLANATION
The arrow is going somewhere and arrives at the vertical line. The vertical line indicates that the arrow has arrived at its destination.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Vein, artery, vessel
SPANISH: Vena, arteria, vaso (sanguíneo)
Families: Body parts, Medicine, Image abstractions
EXPLANATION
This is an abstraction of the ramification of veins and arteries in the body.
MEANING
ENGLISH: As
SPANISH: Como
Families: Slashes, Letters
EXPLANATION
The ‘’a’’ from ‘’as’’. The purpose of the slash is twofold: 1) to let me know there is an idea coming and 2) to differentiate the letter ‘’a’ to make it stand out as a unique type of ‘’a with a slash’’
MEANING
ENGLISH: Question, query, ask, inquire
SPANISH: Pregunta, preguntar
Families: Math
EXPLANATION
Standard question mark.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Attack, assault, offense, abuse, shot, weapon
SPANISH: Ataque, agresión, delito, abuso, disparar, arma
Families: Image abstractions
EXPLANATION
This is an abstraction of a pistol.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Aunt
SPANISH: Tía
Families: Family members
EXPLANATION
This is another way of representing females and males. I add the repetition of the letters because a family is ‘’a repetition of genes’’, reproduction (produce again, repeat).
A niece is to her aunt what a daughter is to her mother.
