Translingual
Punctuation mark
¡ !
- Encloses an exclamation in some languages.
Usage notes
The symbols are called, in English:
See also
Catalan
Punctuation mark
¡ !
- occasionally encloses an exclamation in modern Catalan; at other times, a lone exclamation mark is used at the end with nothing at the beginning of the exclamatory phrase
¡Ditxós qui sab estimarla! ¡Benhaurat aquell en quin cor brilla encesa la vivificant y pura flama de la fé!- Lucky is he who can love her! Blessed is he in whose heart there shines the life-giving and pure flame of faith!
Usage notes
- ⟨¡⟩ is used at the beginning of a phrase expressing exclamation, with ⟨!⟩ at the end; however, in Catalan it is not mandatory to use ⟨¡⟩.
See also
Ladino
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Spanish ¡ !
Punctuation mark
¡ !
- encloses an exclamation in Judezmo; equivalent in English and many other languages: !
- Synonym: !
- Coordinate term: ¿ ?
1978, María del Rosario Martínez González, editor, Un marido entre dos mužeres: novela anónima en ladino[1], Ameller Ediciones, →ISBN, page 32:¡O, mi Dyo, lyo so muy desmazalozo!- Oh my God, I am so unlucky!
Usage notes
- The inverted exclamation mark is not compulsory in Judezmo as it is in modern Spanish; some writers, even in the most formal writing, simply never use it at all.
Spanish
Punctuation mark
¡ !
- encloses an exclamation in Spanish; equivalent in English and many other languages: !
Usage notes
- In written Spanish, ⟨¡⟩ is written at the beginning of a phrase expressing exclamation, with ⟨!⟩ at the end.
Coordinate terms
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish ¡ !.
Punctuation mark
¡ ! (obsolete)
- encloses an exclamation in Tagalog
Usage notes
- In writing, ⟨¡⟩ is written at the beginning of a phrase expressing exclamation, with ⟨!⟩ at the end.
- Spanish punctuation fell out of use after World War 2. Tagalog and other Philippine languages now follow a more internationalized punctuation like in English, where only a single ⟨!⟩ is placed at the end of a sentence. Sometimes, English punctuation convention like the Oxford comma is used altogether.
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