Noun

acrónimo m (plural acrónimos)Category:Galician lemmas#ACRONIMOCategory:Galician nouns#ACRONIMOCategory:Galician countable nouns#ACRONIMOCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#ACRONIMOCategory:Galician masculine nouns#ACRONIMOCategory:Pages with entries#ACRÓNIMOCategory:Pages with 3 entries#ACRÓNIMO

1. acronym

Alternative forms

• acrônimo (Brazil)

Etymology

From acro- +‎ -ónimoCategory:Portuguese terms prefixed with acro-#ONIMOCategory:Portuguese terms suffixed with -ónimo#ACRONIMO.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧cró‧ni‧mo

Noun

acrónimo m (plural acrónimos)Category:Portuguese lemmas#ACRONIMOCategory:Portuguese nouns#ACRONIMOCategory:Portuguese countable nouns#ACRONIMOCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#ACRONIMOCategory:Portuguese masculine nouns#ACRONIMOCategory:Pages with entries#ACRÓNIMOCategory:Pages with 3 entries#ACRÓNIMO (European Portuguese spellingCategory:European Portuguese forms#ACRONIMO)

1. acronym (word formed by initial letters)

   Synonyms: sigla, acrograma

Further reading

• “acrónimo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Etymology

From acro- +‎ -ónimoCategory:Spanish terms prefixed with acro-#ONIMOCategory:Spanish terms suffixed with -ónimo#ACRONIMO.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈkɾonimo/ [aˈkɾo.ni.mo]Category:Spanish 4-syllable words#ACRONIMOCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#ACRONIMO

• Audio (Venezuela):

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  Category:Spanish terms with audio pronunciation#ACRONIMO
• Rhymes: -onimoCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/onimo#ACRONIMOCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/onimo/4 syllables#ACRONIMO
• Syllabification: a‧cró‧ni‧mo

Adjective

acrónimo (feminine acrónima, masculine plural acrónimos, feminine plural acrónimas)Category:Spanish lemmas#ACRONIMOCategory:Spanish adjectives#ACRONIMOCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#ACRONIMOCategory:Pages with entries#ACRÓNIMOCategory:Pages with 3 entries#ACRÓNIMO

1. acronymic

Noun

acrónimo m (plural acrónimos)Category:Spanish lemmas#ACRONIMOCategory:Spanish nouns#ACRONIMOCategory:Spanish countable nouns#ACRONIMOCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#ACRONIMOCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#ACRONIMOCategory:Pages with entries#ACRÓNIMOCategory:Pages with 3 entries#ACRÓNIMO

1. acronym
   • 2024 December 2, Rosa Rahimi, “La palabra del año de Oxford es una condición moderna que nos resulta familiar a la mayoría de nosotros”, in CNN en Español‎:

     La palabra superó a otras cinco candidatas preseleccionadas, que incluían “lore”, que significa un conjunto de (supuestos) hechos, información de fondo y anécdotas necesarias para comprender algo por completo; “romantasy”, un acrónimo para literatura que combina elementos de ficción romántica y fantasía; y “slop”, que se refiere a contenido de baja calidad generado por inteligencia artificial.

     The word beat out five other shortlisted candidates, including ‘lore’, which means a set of (supposed) facts, background information and anecdotes necessary to fully understand something; ‘romantasy’, an acronym for literature that combines elements of romantic fiction and fantasy; and ‘slop’, which refers to low-quality content generated by artificial intelligence.

     Category:Spanish terms with quotations#ACRONIMO

Further reading

• “acrónimo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025