3.24.2005

C.S.P. decoded

What the heck is "C.S.P."? I'd seen it a few times in Spanish, but couldn't find the definition. A search for C.S.P. in Google brought up almost 3.7 million results. There was no way I could wade through all that information.

So I asked some native Spanish speakers, but they didn't know. However, one of them asked a native speaker who's interpreted and translated for at least one former U.S. President, so if he didn't know, then no one would.

He was able to provide an explanation for C.S.P.: "cantidad suficiente para," which literally means "quantity sufficient for."

I ended up finding an example of it at a site from Spain:

"SegĂșn las mismas fuentes, Magistra Micof permite trabajar con 'todo tipo de unidades de medida' como peso, volumen, unidades, porcentaje y cantidad suficiente para (C.S.P.)..."

Basically, it's a way to measure, so a company might list ingredients, then say "C.S.P. 100%," which means that there are enough ingredients to equal 100%. So if you ever come across this, you won't have to remain perplexed.

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