Semantics and decoding of five Spanish acronyms

This paper presents the results obtained from a theoretical-practical research in which the definition of the concept of acronym was discussed as well as its characterization thus proposing its own conceptualization. In addition an analysis of the semantic perception of five Spanish acronyms found in different linguistic contexts (digital media social networks spontaneous conversation) is presented carried out by 25 native Spanish-speaking collaborators between 16 and over 56 years of age in Latin basuraleza cafebrería ciudadaños cubatón and raterinaria. Data collection was carried out through the design and online application of a survey using the Google Drive Forms platform. The objective of the research was to explore and explain the process of decoding the meaning of these acronyms in order to identify the level of meaning recognition and the semantic variety that the collaborators attributed to each acronym.