"?" meaning in Spanish

See ? in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Punctuation

Head templates: {{head|es|punctuation mark}} ?
  1. Used in ¿ ?. Coordinate_terms: ¡ !
    Sense id: en-?-es-punct-Z~03QmwJ
  2. (nonstandard) Marks a preceding passage as a question, without the starting ¿, as in other languages. Tags: nonstandard Coordinate_terms: !
    Sense id: en-?-es-punct--wYp6Xkh Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish punctuation marks Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of Spanish punctuation marks: 9 91
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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "punctuation mark"
      },
      "expansion": "?",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "punct",
  "senses": [
    {
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "word": "¡ !"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used in ¿ ?."
      ],
      "id": "en-?-es-punct-Z~03QmwJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "¿ ?",
          "¿ ?#Spanish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "punctuation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish punctuation marks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "word": "!"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "How are you?",
          "text": "Cómo estás?",
          "translation": "How are you?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Marks a preceding passage as a question, without the starting ¿, as in other languages."
      ],
      "id": "en-?-es-punct--wYp6Xkh",
      "links": [
        [
          "question",
          "question#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nonstandard) Marks a preceding passage as a question, without the starting ¿, as in other languages."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "punctuation"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "nonstandard"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "?"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish punctuation marks"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "punctuation mark"
      },
      "expansion": "?",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "punct",
  "senses": [
    {
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "word": "¡ !"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used in ¿ ?."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "¿ ?",
          "¿ ?#Spanish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "punctuation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish nonstandard terms",
        "Spanish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "word": "!"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "How are you?",
          "text": "Cómo estás?",
          "translation": "How are you?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Marks a preceding passage as a question, without the starting ¿, as in other languages."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "question",
          "question#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nonstandard) Marks a preceding passage as a question, without the starting ¿, as in other languages."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "punctuation"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "nonstandard"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "?"
}

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