MEANING
ENGLISH: If
SPANISH: Si
Families: Letters, Connectors
EXPLANATION
I combine the ‘’I’’ and the ‘’F’’ from ‘’if’’ in one single character.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Ignore, disregard, ignorance
SPANISH: Ignorar, hacer caso omiso, ignorancia
Families: Compound symbols, X family, Circles
EXPLANATION
This is a combination of symbols. The circle with a line on top represents the head. The ‘’X’’ represents negation, something you don’t want (you don’t want to ‘’pay it any mind’’).
MEANING
ENGLISH: Implant, graft, prosthesis
SPANISH: Implante, injerto, prótesis
Families: Medicine
EXPLANATION
This is an abstraction.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Important, main, significant, relevant, critical
SPANISH: Importante, principal, significativo, relevante, crítico
Families: Math
EXPLANATION
When you draw an asterisk next to something, you try to make it stand out (it’s important). You can use the asterisk on its own to mean ‘’important’’
MEANING
ENGLISH: Improve, growth, develop, progress, development
SPANISH: Mejorar, crecimiento, desarrollar, progreso, desarrollo
Families: Arrows
EXPLANATION
This is like the checkmark symbol but a little different. There are peaks and falls at the beginning but then the line goes up. The arrow on top accentuates that it’s going up, hence improving.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Increase, accumulate
SPANISH: Incrementar, acumular
Families: Math, Arrows
EXPLANATION
This is a combination of symbols. We have the line going up, but instead of drawing an arrow at the end, we draw a ‘’plus’’ sign which means increase.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Explode, explosion, swell, inflammation, irritation, swelling
SPANISH: Explotar, explosión, hinchar, inflamación, irritación, hinchazón
Families: Image abstraction, Medicine
EXPLANATION
This is the abstraction of the sparks that come out of an exploding bomb.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Information, idea
SPANISH: Información, idea
Families: Letters, Circles
EXPLANATION
This is an abbreviation combined with a visual cue. The letter ‘’I’’ alone wouldn’t help you a lot to remember because it’s not memorable. Putting it inside a circle makes it a special kind of ‘’I’’. The ‘’I’’ for information, idea.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Injection, inject, injectable, shot, vaccine
SPANISH: Inyección, inyectar, inyectable, vacuna
Families: Medicine, Image abstractions
EXPLANATION
Abstraction from a real syringe.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Inside, interior, inner
SPANISH: Dentro, interior, interno
Families: Punctuation marks, Circles
EXPLANATION
This is an arbitrary symbol. It means that I just decided to use and stick to it. This symbol also works by putting any symbol inside of it (usually a noun) and it means inside. For example:
MEANING
ENGLISH: Instead
SPANISH: En vez de
Families: Letters, Connectors
EXPLANATION
This is the ‘’I’’ of ‘’Instead’’. The weird ‘’I’’ with a line on top is just to make it stand out. You have two options. Choose one and stick to it.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Insurance
SPANISH: Seguro
Families: Letters, Medicine
EXPLANATION
This is the combination of a symbol and an abbreviation (visual cue).
MEANING
ENGLISH: Interval, range
SPANISH: Intervalo, rango
Families: Punctuation marks, Math
EXPLANATION
When we write intervals in math, we use squared brackets, parenthesis, curled brackets, etc. I used the square bracket and a parenthesis to make it stand out and also to differentiate it from the symbol for ‘’inside’’.
