Typography Rules · practical reference

Spanish and Latin American choices

Use supported regional context for inverted punctuation, numeric presentation and currency.

Decide what the text is meant to follow

  • Where does the complete question or exclamation actually start?
  • Does a currency symbol identify its country unambiguously?
  • Is a quoted regional convention intentionally different?

Interpret the example in context

A question can need an opening ¿, but a detected fragment alone does not establish the true sentence boundary.

The model has separate Spain, Latin American and named regional choices. The broad Latin American choice remains flexible in places where a single national convention would be misleading. Preserve amounts and source meanings; review complete sentences before adding paired marks.

Inspect the current plugin model

These fields describe the built-in plugin defaults. Read Language & rules for the policy actually used in your inspection; a custom team profile can differ. The defaults are not a universal style guide and do not promise equal rule coverage. Expand a specific locale to compare its expectations.

Spanish (Spain) es-ES

Spanish (Spain)

es-ES
Quote pairs
«…» “…”
Numbers
Decimal comma; dot grouping
Date order
Day–month–year
Currency
Suffix model · €, EUR
Short-word list
No short-word list in this model
Punctuation notes
Paired inverted punctuation
Spanish (Latin America) es-419

Spanish (Latin America)

es-419
Quote pairs
«…» “…”
Numbers
Flexible: review the intended convention
Date order
Day–month–year
Currency
Flexible position; review context · $, USD, US$, EUR
Short-word list
No short-word list in this model
Punctuation notes
Paired inverted punctuation
Spanish (Argentina) es-AR

Spanish (Argentina)

es-AR
Quote pairs
«…» “…”
Numbers
Decimal comma; dot grouping
Date order
Day–month–year
Currency
Prefix model · $, ARS, AR$
Short-word list
No short-word list in this model
Punctuation notes
Paired inverted punctuation
Spanish (Chile) es-CL

Spanish (Chile)

es-CL
Quote pairs
«…» “…”
Numbers
Decimal comma; dot grouping
Date order
Day–month–year
Currency
Prefix model · $, CLP
Short-word list
No short-word list in this model
Punctuation notes
Paired inverted punctuation
Spanish (Colombia) es-CO

Spanish (Colombia)

es-CO
Quote pairs
«…» “…”
Numbers
Decimal comma; dot grouping
Date order
Day–month–year
Currency
Prefix model · $, COP
Short-word list
No short-word list in this model
Punctuation notes
Paired inverted punctuation
Spanish (Peru) es-PE

Spanish (Peru)

es-PE
Quote pairs
«…» “…”
Numbers
Decimal comma; dot grouping
Date order
Day–month–year
Currency
Prefix model · S/, S/., PEN
Short-word list
No short-word list in this model
Punctuation notes
Paired inverted punctuation

Use the language evidence deliberately

  1. Check paragraph-language attributes, intended publication convention and actual active policy.
  2. Inspect representative text and read the resolved language and coverage in the panel.
  3. Review complete quotations, numeric source values and relevant line boundaries before any edit.
  4. Apply intended policy changes and inspect again. Retain intentional source differences and obtain competent language review where needed.

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