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D: abbreviation of dama (“queen”): Q
D.: abbreviation of Don
D.F.: initialism of Distrito Federal (“Federal District”)
D.ª: abbreviation of Doña
DAMER: initialism of Diccionario de Americanismos
DANA: acronym of depresión aislada en niveles altos (“high-level isolated depression”), cold drop
DCM: abbreviation of de cada mes (of each month)
DCV: initialism of Democracia Cristiana Vasca
DD. HH.: initialism of derechos humanos (“human rights”)
DDL: initialism of dulce de leche
DDT: DDT (chemical compound)
DEA: acronym of Diploma de Estudios Avanzados (a tertiary education degree higher than a master's, but lower than a doctorate)
DEA: Administración de Control de Drogas; DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration).
DEP: initialism of descanse en paz (“RIP (requiescat in pace)”)
DF: abbreviation of Distrito Federal: a federal district of Mexico, surrounding the city of Mexico City
DGT: initialism of Dirección General de Tráfico (“Directorate-General for Traffic”)
DHS: Departamento de Seguridad Nacional de los Estados Unidos; DHS.
DIA: alternative letter-case form of Dia
DIA: Agencia de Inteligencia de la Defensa; DIA (Defense Intelligence Agency).
DIH: initialism of derecho internacional humanitario (“international humanitarian law”): IHL
DINA: acronym of Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional (“National Intelligence Directorate”), the secret police of Chile during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet
DIU: acronym of dispositivo intrauterino (“IUD (intrauterine device)”)
DJ: DJ, deejay, disk jockey (person who plays or mixes recorded music at nightclubs)
DLE: initialism of Diccionario de la lengua española
DLV: initialism of de la verga: very bad; terrible; crappy
DLV: initialism of de la verga: badly; terribly
DNA: DNA
DNI: initialism of documento nacional de identidad
DNS: initialism of dominio de nivel superior de código de país (“ccTLD”)
DNU: initialism of decreto de necesidad y urgencia (“necessity and urgency decree”)
DOGE: Departamento de Eficiencia Gubernamental; DOGE.
DPM: abbreviation of de puta madre
DPN: initialism of disnea paroxística nocturna (paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea)
DRAE: initialism of Diccionario de la Real Academia Española
DT: initialism of director técnico m, directora técnica f (“manager (UK), coach (US)”)
DU: abbreviation of Durango (Mexican state).
DUI: acronym of declaración unilateral de independencia (“UDI (unilateral declaration of independence)”)
DVD: DVD (optical disc)
Daca: Dhaka (the capital of Bangladesh)
Dacia: Dacia (an ancient region and former kingdom located in the area now known as Romania. The Dacian kingdom was conquered by the Romans and later named Romania after them)
Dacosta: a surname from Galician
Daguestán: Dagestan (a republic and federal subject of Russia, located in the Caucasus region)
Daiana: a female given name
Daiquirí: Daiquirí (a beach in Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba)
Daisy: a female given name from English
Dakar: Dakar (the capital city of Senegal)
Dakota del Norte: North Dakota (a state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States)
Dakota del Sur: South Dakota (a state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States)
Dalai Lama: Dalai Lama (head of Tibetan Buddhism)
Dalecarlia: Dalarna (a county in central Sweden)
Dalia: a female given name, equivalent to English Dahlia
Dalila: Delilah (mistress of Samson); a female given name, equivalent to English Delilah
Dalmacia: Dalmatia (a historical region of Croatia, on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea); Dalmatia (a province of the Roman Empire)
Damasco: Damascus (the capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE)
Damián: a male given name, equivalent to English Damian
Damocles: Damocles
Dan: Dan (Biblical character and tribe)
Danbo: Danbo (cheese originating in Denmark)
Danghu: a town in Tasquillo, Hidalgo, Mexico
Dani: a diminutive of the male given name Daniel