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Ovidio
proper noun
Ovid; a male given name from Latin
Oviedo
proper noun
Oviedo (the capital city of Asturias, Spain); the letter O in the Spanish spelling alphabet
Owen
proper noun
a male given name from English
Oxo
proper noun
Oxus (a major river in Central Asia; now usually called the Amu Darya)
Oyonarte
proper noun
a surname from Basque
Oyón
proper noun
a province of Lima, Peru
Ozaeta
proper noun
a surname from Basque
Ozatlán
proper noun
a town in Usulután department, El Salvador
Ozuna
proper noun
a surname, variant of Osuna
Oña
proper noun
Oña (a village in Burgos, Spain)
Oña
proper noun
a surname
Oñate
proper noun
a surname from Basque
Oñati
proper noun
a town in Gipuzkoa, Spain; a surname from Basque
P. D.
noun, feminine
abbreviation of posdata (“postscriptum - PS”)
P. S.
noun, masculine
abbreviation of post scriptum (“postscriptum”)
PA
noun, feminine
initialism of presión arterial; initialism of potencial de acción
PAC
noun, masculine
comité de acción política; PAC.
PAES
noun, feminine
acronym of Prueba de Aprendizajes y Aptitudes para Egresados de Educación Media, a national exam taken annually by high-school students
PAET
proper noun
initialism of puesto de adelantamiento y estacionamiento de trenes (literally “passing loop and siding facility”)
PAN
proper noun
initialism of w:es:Partido Acción Nacional (“National Action Party”), a conservative political party.
PAS
noun, feminine
acronym of persona altamente sensible (“highly sensitive person”); HSP
PASO
noun, feminine
acronym of (elecciones) primarias, abiertas, simultáneas y obligatorias (“primary, open, simultaneous, and mandatory (elections)”): primary elections in Argentina
PBC
noun, feminine
initialism of pasta base de cocaína (“cocaine paste”)
PBI
noun, masculine
initialism of producto bruto interno (GDP (gross domestic product))
PC
noun, masculine
computer
PCA
proper noun
DYC; "damn yellow composite"
PCC
proper noun
initialism of Partido Comunista de Cuba (Communist Party of Cuba)
PCCh
proper noun
initialism of Partido Comunista de China (CPC, Communist Party of China)
PCE
proper noun
Communist Party of Spain
PCR
noun, feminine
initialism of proteína C reactiva; CRP; synonym of RCP; PCR (polymerase chain reaction)
PCUS
proper noun
CPSU (initialism of Partido Comunista de la Unión Soviética)
PDC
noun, feminine
initialism of profundidad de campo; initialism of Playa del Carmen
PDD
noun, feminine
initialism of píldora del día después, morning-after pill
PDF
noun, masculine
a PDF file
PDI
noun, masculine
initialism of punto de interés; initialism of proteína disulfuro isomerasa; initialism of pizarra digital interactiva
PDI
proper noun
initialism of Policía de Investigaciones (“Investigations Police”)
PEGI
proper noun
PEGI (content rating system)
PET
noun, masculine/feminine
PET (positron emission tomography)
PFM
noun, masculine
initialism of proyecto fin de máster (“final master's degree project”)
PGR
noun, feminine
abbreviation of Procuraduría General de la República (“attorney general of Mexico”)
PIB
noun, masculine
acronym of producto interior bruto or producto interno bruto (“GDP (gross domestic product)”)
PIN
noun, masculine
alternative form of pin; initialism of proyecto de identificación nacional
PIN parental
noun, masculine
parental controls; express authorization from parents for their children to participate in certain complementary activities in schools, in particular those related to issues of gender identity, feminism, LGBT or sexual diversity
PJ
proper noun
initialism of Partido Justicialista (“Justicialist Party”), an Argentine political party
PLR
proper noun
abbreviation of Partido Republicano de Chile
PLW
phrase
puta la wea
PMA
proper noun
abbreviation of Programa Mundial de Alimentos (“World Food Program”); WFP
PMD
noun, masculine
initialism of paises menos desarrollados (“least developed countries”): LDC
PNL
proper noun
initialism of proposición no de ley (“proposition not of law”)
PNN
noun, masculine
abbreviation of parque nacionale naturale; abbreviation of plan nacional de numeracion
PNP
proper noun
initialism of Partido Nacionalista Peruano; initialism of Partido Nuevo Progresista; initialism of Policía Nacional del Perú
PNV
proper noun
initialism of Partido Nacionalista Vasco (“Basque Nationalist Party”)
POUM
proper noun
initialism of Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista (“Workers' Party of Marxist Unification”), POUM.
PP
proper noun
initialism of Partido Popular (“People's Party”)
PPE
proper noun
initialism of Partido Popular Europeo (“EPP (European People's Party)”)
PPK
proper noun
initialism of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, president of Peru from 2016 to 2018
PPP
noun, masculine
initialism of perro potencialmente peligroso (“potentially dangerous dog”)
PPP
proper noun
initialism of Partido Popular Progresista
PPSOE
proper noun
term used by critics of both parties to denote their similar positions
PPT
proper noun
PPT (abbreviation of PowerPoint, the slide presentation software)