Mathematical Symbols: Useful List of Math Symbols in Spanish

Math Symbols in Spanish! Learn useful Mathematical symbols (equal sign ‘=’, not equal sign ‘≠’, approximately equal sign ‘≈’…) with images and examples. In Spanish, there are certain symbols which are used in math and each of these has a name. It is very useful to be able to recall the names of these symbols as this will greatly assist you in your conversation and especially when looking at written Spanish. Perhaps you are a student, in this case, these math symbols will be extremely handy to have in your arsenal. Not only that, but by being able to state the names of these symbols, you will begin to sound more like a native speaker.

Mathematical Symbols

List of Mathematics Symbols in Spanish

SYMBOL	SPANISH	ENGLISH
+	signo más	plus sign
–	signo menos	minus sign
÷	signo de división	division sign
×	signo de multiplicación	multiplication sign
=	signo de igualdad	equals sign
%	signo de porcentaje	percent sign
( )	paréntesis	parentheses
√	signo de raíz cuadrada	square root sign
<	menor que	less-than sign
>	mayor que	greater-than sign
≤	menor o igual que	less-than or equal to sign
≥	mayor o igual que	greater-than or equal to sign
≠	signo de desigualdad	inequality sign
/	barra de fracciones	fraction slash

Math Symbols with Examples

• Suma /soo-mah/ – Addition
• Resta /rehs-tah / – Subtraction
• Multiplicación /mool-tee-plee-kah-see-on/- Multiplication
• División /dee-bee-see-on/ – Division
• Ecuación /eh-kwa-see-on/ Or Regla de tres / reh-glah deh trehs/  –  Equation

To actually do the math we need know the terminology below:

• Más /mahs/ –  Plus

For example: Dos más dos (two plus two); Dos más tres son cinco. (Two plus three is five.)  Note that in other contexts, más is usually an adverb.

• Menos /meh-nohs/ – Minus

For example: cuatro menos uno (four minus one); Cinco menos cuatro son uno. (Five minus four is one.)

• Por /pohr/ – Multiplied by

For example: tres por cuatro (three multiplied by four); Tres por cuatro son doce. (Three times four is twelve.) In other contexts, por is a common preposition.

• Para /pah-rah/ – Divided by

For example: ocho para dos (eight divided by two);  Doce dividido entre cuatro son tres. (Twelve divided by four is three.) Doce dividido por cuatro son tres. (Twelve divided by four is three.) Entre is another common preposition.

Some times, people say multiplicado por to express a multiplication and dividido para to express a division.

To express the answer to a math operation, you can either use son /sohn/ ( are) which is plural, in contrast with the singular verb “is” of English. It is also possible to use es or the phrase es igual a /ehs ee-gooahl ah/ (equals ).

For example:

• Dos más dos son cuatro (two plus two is four)

or

• Dos más dos es igual a cuatro (two plus two equals four)

Other typical mathematical equation

EQUATION	SPANISH	ENGLISH
1 + 1 = 2	uno más uno es igual a dos	one plus one equals two
4 – 3 = 1	cuatro menos tres es igual a uno	four minus three is equal to one
4 ÷ 2 = 2	cuatro divido entre dos es igual a dos	four divided by two is equal to two
3 × 1 = 3	tres por uno es igual a tres	three times one is equal to three
90%	noventa por ciento	ninety percent
√4 = 2	la raíz cuadrada de cuatro es dos	the square root of four is two
3 < 5	tres es menor que cinco	three is less than five
7 > 5	siete es mayor que cinco	seven is greater than five
6 ≠ 8	seis no es igual a ocho	six is not equal to eight
1/3	un tercio	one third

Other Mathematical Terms

Here are some less common mathematical terms:

SPANISH	ENGLISH
El Número	Number
El Números	Numbers
El Número par	Even number
El Número impar	Odd number
El Número primo	Prime number
El Número entero	Integer
Adición	Addition
Sustracción	Subtraction
División	Division
Multiplicación	Multiplication
Producto	Product
Fracción	Fraction
El Porcentaje	Percentage
El Decimal	Decimal
Función	Function
Promedio, media	Average
Álgebra	Algebra
Geometría	Geometry
Cálculo	Calculus
Las matemáticas	Math
La Aritmética	Arithmetic
Dividido Por/Dividido Entre	Divided By
Por	Multiplied By
La Raíz Cúbica	Cube Root
La Ecuación	Equation
El Cuadrado De	The Square Of
El Cubo De	The Cube Of
El Interger	Integer
El Resultado	Result
La Calculadora	Calculator
El Total	Total
La Fórmula	Formula
La Proporción	Proportion
La Probabilidad	Probability
La Cantidad	Quantity
El Cociente	Quotient
La Variable	Variable
El cuadrado de	Square of
Elevado a la enésima potencia	Raised to the nth power
Número imaginario	Imaginary number
Promedio	Average, mean
Raíz cuadrada	Square root