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===In Spanish=== In [[Spanish language|Spanish]], the ellipsis is commonly used as a substitute of ''[[et cetera]]'' at the end of unfinished lists. So it means "and so forth" or "and other things". Other use is the suspension of a part of a text, or a paragraph, or a phrase or a part of a word because it is obvious, or unnecessary, or implied. For instance, sometimes the ellipsis is used to avoid the complete use of expletives. When the ellipsis is placed alone into a [[Bracket|parenthesis]] (...) or—less often—between [[bracket]]s [...], which is what happens usually within a text [[Transcription (linguistics)|transcription]], it means the original text had more contents on the same position but are not useful to our target in the transcription. When the suppressed text is at the beginning or at the end of a text, the ellipsis does not need to be placed in a parenthesis. The number of dots is three and only three.<ref name="RAE">{{cite web |title=Puntos suspensivos |url=https://www.rae.es/buen-uso-espa%C3%B1ol/los-puntos-suspensivos-i-usos-principales|website=[[Real Academia Espanola]]|access-date=2024-10-03}}</ref> They should have no space in between them nor with the preceding word, but there should be an space with the following word (except if they are followed by a punctuation sign, such as a comma).<ref name="RAE"/>
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