How do I say I'll spell my last name?

You can say '¿Le digo mi apellido letra por letra o lo escribo?' or '¿Quiere que le vuelva a deletrear mi apellido más despacio?'

What does sigla mean?

A sigla is a short word made from the first letters of a longer name, like an acronym.

Credencial is the document with your photo and information that shows who you are.

At the window they ask for your ID, you don't understand the acronyms on the paper, and the clerk asks you to spell your last name letter by letter.

No entiendo esa sigla que está en la parte de arriba.

I don't understand that acronym at the top.

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sigla/ˈsiɡla/
acronymnoun
A short word made from the first letters of a long name.
letra/ˈletɾa/
letternoun
Each of the signs used to write words.
deletrear/deletɾeˈaɾ/
to spell outverb
To say the letters of a word one by one.
pronunciar/pɾonunˈsjaɾ/
to pronounceverb
To say the sounds of a word with your mouth.
abreviatura/abɾebjaˈtuɾa/
abbreviationnoun
A short way of writing a word, using only some of its letters.
significar/siɡnifiˈkaɾ/
to meanverb
To mean something, to have a certain sense.
vocal/boˈkal/
vowelnoun
A letter that sounds on its own: a, e, i, o, u.
institución/instituˈsjon/
institutionnoun
An organization with its own rules that provides a service, like a school or a bank.
credencial/kɾedenˈsjal/
ID cardnoun
A document with your photo and information that shows who you are.
electrónico/elekˈtɾoniko/
electronicadjective
That works with circuits and electric current, or that goes through a computer.

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No entiendo esa sigla que está en la parte de arriba.
I don't understand that acronym at the top.
¿Le digo mi apellido letra por letra o lo escribo?
Should I spell out my last name or write it down?
¿Quiere que le vuelva a deletrear mi apellido más despacio?
Do you want me to spell my last name again, more slowly?
Mi apellido es difícil de pronunciar, mejor se lo deletreo.
My last name is hard to pronounce, I'd better spell it out for you.
Eso no es una sigla, es una abreviatura del nombre completo.
That's not an acronym, it's an abbreviation of the full name.
¿Qué puede significar esa sigla que viene en mi credencial?
What could that acronym on my ID mean?
Mi apellido lleva una vocal doble en medio, no una sola.
My last name has a double vowel in the middle, not a single one.
¿Esa sigla es de una institución del gobierno o privada?
Is that acronym for a government institution or a private one?
Se me olvidó la credencial en el carro, ahorita la traigo.
I left my ID in the car, I'll go get it.
¿Aquí también sirve el comprobante electrónico o necesito el papel?
Does the electronic receipt work here too, or do I need the paper one?

deletrear/deletɾeˈaɾ/
The e and the a at the end don't blend together: de-le-tre-ar, and the stress falls on the last syllable.
pronunciar/pɾonunˈsjaɾ/
The ending ciar is a single syllable and that's where the stress falls: pro-nun-CIAR.
abreviatura/abɾebjaˈtuɾa/
The v sounds like b, and -via is said together: a-bre-via-TU-ra.
significar/siɡnifiˈkaɾ/
You hear the g and the n together, and the stress falls at the end: sig-ni-fi-CAR.
vocal/boˈkal/
The v sounds like b and the stress goes on the last syllable: bo-CAL.
institución/instituˈsjon/
The c sounds like s, and the accent rules: -ción is one syllable and carries the stress.
credencial/kɾedenˈsjal/
'-cial' is a single syllable, and that's where the stress falls; the c sounds like s.
electrónico/elekˈtɾoniko/
The accent rules: the stress falls on TRO, not on ni.

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How do I say I'll spell my last name?: You can say '¿Le digo mi apellido letra por letra o lo escribo?' or '¿Quiere que le vuelva a deletrear mi apellido más despacio?'
What does sigla mean?: A sigla is a short word made from the first letters of a longer name, like an acronym.
What's the word for an ID with your photo?: Credencial is the document with your photo and information that shows who you are.

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