MEANING
ENGLISH: Face, cheeks, facial
SPANISH: Cara, rostro, mejillas, facial
Families: Body parts
EXPLANATION
This is the abstraction of a face.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Fact, factual, factor
SPANISH: Hecho, fáctico, factor
Families: Letters
EXPLANATION
This is an abbreviation (letter F and in ‘’Fact’’) and a visual cue (the horizontal line above the F).
MEANING
ENGLISH: Navel, belly button
SPANISH: Ombligo, umbilical
Families: Body parts, Image abstractions
EXPLANATION
This is the abstraction of a belly button.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Family, relatives
SPANISH: Familia, parientes
Families: Family members, Lines
EXPLANATION
This is an abstraction that represents family bonds. This symbol looks like laces, like the bonds or ‘’threads’’ that unite families. This is also an arbitrary symbol.
MEANING
ENGLISH:
Fast, quick, swift, prompt, sudden, soon, speed, brief
SPANISH:
Rápido, veloz, velocidad, breve pronto, repentino
Families: Arrows, Image abstractions
EXPLANATION
This a visual abstraction. Think about the buttons on a T.V. remote that you use to speed up or slow down the video/audio.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Fat, fatty
SPANISH: Gordo, grasa, grasoso
Families: Image abstractions, Medicine
EXPLANATION
Abstraction of a fat body. The little circle is the head, the bigger circle is the fat (belly).
MEANING
ENGLISH: Father, dad, daddy
SPANISH: Padre, papá, papi
Families: Punctuation marks, Family members
EXPLANATION
The two parentheses mean repetition. As a family member, you are part of the same, you are a copy of your grandparents or your parents, the bottom parenthesis is the offspring of the first parenthesis.
It also includes the symbol for man.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Father in law
SPANISH: Suegro
Families: Compound symbols, Family members
EXPLANATION
The two parentheses mean repetition. As a family member, you are part of the same, you are a copy of your grandparents or your parents, the bottom parenthesis is the offspring of the first parenthesis.
This is the symbol for man.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Fiber, fibrous
SPANISH: Fibra, fibroso
Families: Image abstractions, Foods
EXPLANATION
This is an abstraction. The little threads are like the threads of something fibrous.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Filter, filtration, leak, leakage
SPANISH: Filtrar, filtración, fuga
Families: Abstraction, Medicine
EXPLANATION
This is the abstraction of a test tube with liquid inside and the liquid is leaking out of the test tube.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Nail, finger, fingertips
SPANISH: Uña, dedo, yema del dedo
Families: Body parts, Image abstractions
EXPLANATION
This is the abstraction of a finger.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Care, focus, attention, careful
SPANISH: Cuidado, enfoque, atención, cuidadoso
Families: Punctuation marks
EXPLANATION
The exclamation mark generally means something you have to pay attention to.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Food, meal, fish, feed
SPANISH: Alimento, comida, pescado, dar de comer
Families: Foods, Image abstractions
EXPLANATION
This is the abstraction of a ‘’fish’’. This fish is associated with bread, fish, and wine as a meal (eucharist, Christianity). The fish reminds me of the eucharist.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Foot, feet, toe, boot, shoe
SPANISH: Pierna, pie, dedo del pie, bota, zapato
Families: Body parts, Image abstractions
EXPLANATION
This is the abstraction of a foot.
MEANING
ENGLISH: For
SPANISH: Para
Families: Slashes
EXPLANATION
The sound of ‘’for’’ as ‘’four’’ (4) and the forward slash. The forward slash will be a very important symbol of a series of symbols like by, b/, with, w/, without, w/o, etc. The forward slash generally means that there is something else more important coming (another idea or group of ideas)
MEANING
ENGLISH: Forget, forgetful
SPANISH: Olvidar, olvidadizo
Families: Letters, Medicine
EXPLANATION
This is the ‘’f’’ as in ‘’forget’’. It’s a special kind of ‘’f’’. My visual cues are the little curve at the bottom of the ‘’F’’ and/or the horizontal line on top of the ‘’F’’.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Formula
SPANISH: Fórmula
Family: Letters, Medicine, Compound symbols
EXPLANATION
This is a combination of symbols or an abbreviation + visual cue.
MEANING
ENGLISH: Fracture, function, fractured
SPANISH: Fractura, función, fracturado
Families: X family, Medicine, Letters
EXPLANATION
MEANING
ENGLISH: From, source, origin
SPANISH: De, de parte de, fuente, origen
Families: Arrows
EXPLANATION
MEANING
ENGLISH: Front, frontal
SPANISH: Frente, frontal
Families: Letters
EXPLANATION
This is the ‘’f’’ as in ‘’front’’. I add the vertical bar to differentiate it from any other kind of ‘’f’’ (the same logic we use with slashes).
