Acronyms abbreviations from English which are common in Spanish. ESPA (Secondary Education for Adults)

1. Abbreviations and acronyms
Olga Martín Cobos
Cáceres

2. Definition
Acronym: word created from the first letters
of each word in a series of words.
Abbreviation: shortened form of a word or a
phrase, some have used initialism or
alphabetism to refer to an abbreviation formed
simply from, and used simply as, a string of
initials.

3. CIA

4. FBI

5. EU
European Union

6. USA
United States of America

7. GB
Great Britain

8. SOS
Save Our Souls

9. ISBN
International Standard Book Number

10. PIN
Personal
Identification Number

11. www.
World Wide Web

12. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization

13. FAO
Food Agriculture Organization

14. NATO
North Atlantic Treat Organization

15. British Broadcasting Corporation

16. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

17. K.O.
Knock out (noquear)

18. National Basketball Association

19. MVP
Most Valuable Player

20. UEFA
Union of European Football Associations

21. VIP
Very Important Person

22. UFO
Unidentified Flying Object

23. Laser
Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of
Radiation

24. RADAR
Radio Detection and Ranging