Special characters of the Spanish language:
The Spanish language contains some special characters you won´t find on others than Spanish keyboards. But you will need these special characters to answer our exercises correctly. The following table contains the shortcuts you need:
Windows-PC:
| Character | Combination | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Á | Alt + 181 | Latin capital letter A with acute |
| á | Alt + 160 | Latin small letter a with acute |
| É | Alt + 144 | Latin capital letter E with acute |
| é | Alt + 130 | Latin small letter e with acute |
| Í | Alt + 214 | Latin capital letter I with acute |
| í | Alt + 161 | Latin small letter i with acute |
| Ñ | Alt + 165 | Latin capital letter N with tilde |
| ñ | Alt + 164 | Latin small letter n with tilde |
| Ó | Alt + 224 | Latin capital letter O with acute |
| ó | Alt + 162 | Latin small letter o with acute |
| Ú | Alt + 233 | Latin capital letter U with acute |
| ú | Alt + 163 | Latin small letter u with acute |
| Ü | Alt + 154 | Latin capital letter U with diaeresis |
| ü | Alt + 129 | Latin small letter u with diaeresis |
| ¿ | Alt + 168 | Inverted question mark (e.g. ¿Qué pasa?) |
| ¡ | Alt + 173 | Inverted exclamation point (e.g. ¡Qué bueno!) |
| ª | Alt + 0170 | Feminine ordinal indicator (e.g. la primera = 1ª) |
| º | Alt + 0186 | Masculine ordinal indicator (e.g. el primero = 1º) |
Note: It is important to keep the Alt key pressed until you have entered the number code.
Example: In order to write ñ:
- Press Alt
- Type 164
- Release the Alt key.
mac-OS:
Accents/tilde: for e.g. the letter á :
- Press key a to open the submenue with all available accents. Note: The submenue is only displayed if there are accent options to a letter.
- Chose á from the list.
| Character | Combination | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ¿ | ⌥ Option + ⇧ shift + / | Inverted question mark (e.g. ¿Qué pasa?) |
| ¡ | ⌥ Option + 1 | Inverted exclamation point (e.g. ¡Qué bueno!) |
| ª | ⌥ Option + h | Feminine ordinal indicator (e.g. la primera = 1ª) |
| º | ⌥ Option + j | Masculine ordinal indicator (e.g. el primero = 1º) |
