Spanish keyboard
The spanish keyboard has some additional keys to cater for (i) some additional spanish letters and (ii) accented letters. The additional keys are shown below.
| Spanish key | ASCII code | |
| á | 160 | á |
| é | 130 | é |
| í | 161 | í |
| ó | 162 | ó |
| ú | 163 | ú |
| É | 144 | É |
| ¿ | 168 | ¿ |
| ¡ | 173 | ¡ |
| ª | 166 | ª |
| º | 167 | º |
| Ñ | 164 | Ñ |
| ñ | 165 | ñ |
Distinguishing homonyms
Several sets of homonyms are distinguished by use of accents. Here are some of the most common ones:
- aun, even; aún, still, yet
- de, of, from; dé first- and third-person singular subjunctive form of dar, to give)
- el, the; él, he
- mas, but; más, more
- mi, my; mí, me;
- se, a reflexive and indirect object pronoun used in various ways; sé, I know
- si, if; sí, yes
- solo, only (adjective), single, alone; sólo, only (adverb), solely
- te, you (as an object); té, tea
- tu, your; tú, you