Blog Archives

Acronyms

Acronym is the set of initial letters of words that are used to name companies and organizations, states, countries, among others.

Examples:

• UN - United Nations
• FGTS - Severance Indemnity Fund
• CLT - Consolidation of Labor Laws
• USP – University of São Paulo
• CNH - National Driver's License
• BR - Brazil
• USA - United States of America

How to use acronyms?

1. Acronyms with up to three letters are all capitalized.

Examples:

• CBF (Brazilian Football Confederation)
• CPF (Register of Natural Persons)
• RS (Rio Grande do Sul)

2. When there are more than three letters, only the first is capitalized, unless all the letters are pronounced separately.

Examples:

• Petrobras (Petróleo Brasileiro, SA)
• Embraer (Brazilian Aeronautics Company)
• BNDES (National Bank for Economic and Social Development)

3. Consecrated forms must be respected.

Examples:

• ECT (Brazilian Post and Telegraph Company) and not EBCT
• CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development)
• MoMA (Museum of Modern Art)

4. Never use periods between the letters of an acronym.

Examples:

• Masp (São Paulo Museum of Art) and not Masp
• Zip code (Postal address code) and not zip code
• DF (Federal District) and not DF

5. The plural of acronyms is made with the addition of the lowercase letter s and is not preceded by an apostrophe.

Examples:

• CPIs (Parliamentary Inquiry Commissions) and not CPI's
• NGOs ( Non-Governmental Organizations)
• PMs (Military Police)

6. Pay attention to the words to agree the acronyms according to the masculine or feminine gender.

Examples:

• The WHO (World Health Organization)
• UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund)
• NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

7. Foreign acronyms must be explained

• The case is being investigated by the FBI, the US federal police.
• The new chairman of the Fed, the US central bank, was introduced today.
• Those were data from FAO, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Acronyms and meanings

A

• FTAA - Free Trade Area of ​​the Americas
• ABI - Brazilian Press Association
• CVA - Cerebral Vascular Accident

B

• BN - National Library
• Bovespa - São Paulo State Stock Exchange
• BR - Brazil

Ç

• CBF - Brazilian Football Confederation
• CEP - Postal address code
• CPF (Register of Natural Persons

D

• DDD - Direct Distance Dialing
• IUD - Intrauterine Device
• DNER - National Department of Highways

E

• Embraer - Brazilian Aeronautical Company
• Embratel - Brazilian Telecommunications Company
• USA - United States of America

F

• FAB - Brazilian Air Force
• FGTS - Severance Indemnity Fund
• Funai - National Indian Foundation

I

• IBGE - Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics
• Inepro - National Institute of Professional Education
• INSS - National Institute of Social Security

O

• OAB - Brazilian Bar Association
• NGO - Non-governmental organization
• UN - United Nations

P

• Petrobras - Petróleo Brasileiro, SA
• GDP- Gross Domestic Product
• PUC - Pontifical Catholic University

s

• Senac - National Service for Commercial Training
• Senai - National Service for Industrial Apprenticeship
• SI - International System of Units

Brazilian state abbreviations

• AC - Acre
• AL - Alagoas
• AM - Amazon
• AP - Amapá
• Bahia - BA
• Ceará - CE
• Federal District - DF
• Espírito Santo - ES
• Goiás - GO
• Maranhão - MA
• Minas Gerais - MG
• Mato Grosso do Sul - MS
• Mato Grosso - MT
• Pará - PA
• Pernambuco - PE
• Paraíba - PB
• Piauí - PI
• Paraná - PR
• Rio de Janeiro - RJ
• Rio Grande do Norte - RN
• Roraima - RR
• Rio Grande do Sul - RS
• Santa Catarina - SC
• Sergipe - SE
• Sao Paulo-SP
• Tocantins - TO

There are acronyms that are also acronyms. Acronyms are acronyms that can be read as a word. This is the case of the UN, Unesco, PUC, Anatel and Petrobras, for example.

See also: Abbreviations of Brazilian states

And the abbreviations?

Abbreviation is a contraction of the word, a summary of the word. It is a facility used to summarize the word and dynamize the writing without harming the content of the message.

See also: Abbreviations

Abbreviations are used in everyday words and in treatment pronouns.

Examples:

• (Avenue)
• Cinema (cinema)
• Your Excellency (Your Honor)