# Spanish abbreviation

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 22, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-abbreviation/503888 "2009-07-22T19:29:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-abbreviation/503888/1 "2009-07-22T19:29:40Z")

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I’m trying to interpret the Spanish abbreviation “s.d.” in columns of information. It’s used in an official Mexican record of entrances and exits at the Mexican border. The abbreviation is used in both the “Ocupacion” column and the mode of transportation column. Does it mean “ditto” or “the same as above”?

[The record itself.](http://www.aarclibrary.org/publib/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh24/html/WH_Vol24_0346b.htm)

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**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-abbreviation/503888/2 "2009-07-22T19:54:39Z")

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I don’t think it means ‘ditto’ because the ditto marks are used. Is it possible that it means ‘did not state’? I speak some Spanish but I’m not fluent, all I can think of is ‘sin decir’ but that doesn’t seem very grammatical.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-abbreviation/503888/3 "2009-07-22T23:45:37Z")

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I think it probably means _sin datos_, “no information.”

[This page](http://www.inta.gov.ar/ies/docs/perfil/2001/patagos2.htm) uses the abbreviation s/d for _sin datos._

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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-abbreviation/503888/4 "2009-07-23T00:29:04Z")

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Good point, **Electric Warrior**. And that looks like the answer, **Colibri** , thanks.