MEANING
ENGLISH: Paper, sheet, letter, form
SPANISH: Papel, hoja, cara, formulario
Families: Image abstractions, Lines
EXPLANATION
MEANING
ENGLISH: Partial, partially, period, part
SPANISH: Parcial, parcialmente, periodo, parte
Families: Letters
EXPLANATION
This is a visual abstraction. Imagine it as an incomplete circle. Also, a phase or period is part of an overall process or age. For example, there are 3 phases in one process (they are PART of that process). The same goes for the word ''period,'' we have the Modern Age, the Middle Ages, the 90s, Prehistoric Ages, etc. but all of them are PART of a general timeline.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Patient, patience, disability, disabled, handicap, handicapped
SPANISH: Paciente, paciencia, discapacidad, discapacitado
Family: Medicine, Image abstractions
EXPLANATION
Abstraction of the patient in a wheelchair.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Peace, peaceful, calm, quiet
SPANISH: Paz, pacífico, calmado, tranquilo
Family: Circles
EXPLANATION
Standard symbol for peace.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Penis, testicles, testes, glans
SPANISH: Pene, testículos, glande
Family: Body parts, Image abstractions
EXPLANATION
Image abstraction of a penis
MEANING
ENGLISH: People, person, individual, someone, somebody
SPANISH: Persona, gente, individuo, alguien
Families: Plotting, Image abstractions
EXPLANATION
This is the symbol for ‘’people’’, ‘’human’’ in Kanji.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Percentage, percentile, proportion, percent, rate
SPANISH: Porcentaje, percentil, proporción, porciento, tasa
Families: Math
EXPLANATION
The standard symbol for ‘’percent’’.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Pharmacy
SPANISH: Farmacia
Families: Medicine, Image abstractions
EXPLANATION
This is an abstraction of the ‘’red cross’’ symbol but drawn with an arch above (to differentiate from ‘’medicine’’).
MEANING
ENGLISH: Phone, call, cellphone
SPANISH: Teléfono, llamar, celular
Families: Image abstractions
EXPLANATION
This is an abstraction from a telephone chord.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Photo, camera, video, picture, painting, image
SPANISH: Foto, cámara, video, imagen, pintura
Families: Image abstractions, Basic shapes
EXPLANATION
This is the abstraction of a camera. This symbol takes some time to draw. I usually don’t draw it completely but it still makes me remember.
MEANING
ENGLISH:
Pill, tablet, capsule, lozenge
SPANISH:
Pastilla, tableta, cápsula, comprimido
Family: Image abstractions, Medical
EXPLANATION
Abstraction of the image of a pill
MEANING
ENGLISH: Order, plan, organization, organize, coordinate
SPANISH: Orden, ordenar, plan, organización, organizar, coordinar
Families: Lines
EXPLANATION
This is an arbitrary symbol. I chose it because it works for me. The three lines coming from the left ‘’vertex’’ of the symbol represent the idea of delegating tasks, hence, organizing, planning.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Please
SPANISH: Por favor
Families: Letters
EXPLANATION
ENGLISH: The cursive ‘’P’’ from ‘’Please’’. Cursive writing is good to make symbols stand out.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Police, cops
SPANISH: Policía
Families: Legal, Basic shapes, Image abstractions
EXPLANATION
Abstraction of a ‘’sheriff star’’
MEANING
ENGLISH: Potato
SPANISH: Papa
Families: Foods
EXPLANATION
This is an abbreviation + visual cue. The abbreviation is the ‘’P’’ on top of the oval which is the abstraction of a potato.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Practice, train, exercise
SPANISH: Practice, entrenar, ejercicio
Families: Circles, Image abstractions, Medicine
EXPLANATION
This is the abstraction of a dumbbell you use to exercise. And exercising is all about practice (repetition).
MEANING
ENGLISH: Pregnancy, pregnant
SPANISH: Embarazo, embarazada
Families: Image abstractions, Medicine
EXPLANATION
This is an abstraction.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Prescription, prescribe, refill
SPANISH: Receta, recetar, surtir
Families: Medicine, X family, Letters
EXPLANATION
MEANING
ENGLISH: Difficult, complicated, problem, problematic, issue
SPANISH: Difícil, complicado, problema, problemático
Families: Arrows
EXPLANATION
This is an arbitrary symbol and an abstraction. We have two symbols facing each other (confrontation), sharp, pointy edges (visual tension) and tension always leads to problems.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Process, procedure
SPANISH:Proceso, procedimiento
Families: Arrows, Medicine
EXPLANATION
This is an arbitrary symbol. This symbol has a starting point, curved lines in between representing the process, and an endpoint.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Prognosis
SPANISH: Pronóstico
Families: X family, Medicine, Letters
EXPLANATION
MEANING
ENGLISH: Pull, pluck
SPANISH: Halar, arrancar
Families: Arrows, Punctuation marks
EXPLANATION
The angle bracket is pulling the parenthesis towards the right.
