Upside-down question mark (¿) and exclamation mark (¡): copy and paste
The inverted question mark (¿) and inverted exclamation mark (¡) open questions and exclamations in Spanish, so the reader knows the tone before the sentence ends: ¿Cómo estás? ¡Hola!
Place them at the start of the question or exclamation itself, which can be mid-sentence: Si vienes, ¿me avisas? Outside Spanish they also appear in Galician, Asturian and Waray, and informally in English as the interrobang alternative.
Upside-down question mark variants to copy
Click any character to copy it.
How to type ¿ on Mac, Windows and phone
On a Mac with the US keyboard layout, press ⌥ Option + ⇧ Shift + ? to type ¿. ¡ is ⌥ Option + 1.
On Windows, hold Alt and type 0191 on the numeric keypad (Num Lock on), then release Alt. ¡ is Alt + 0161. On the Spanish keyboard layout both keys are printed on the keyboard.
Hold the ? or ! key on iPhone or Android and slide to the inverted version.
| Platform | How to type ¿ |
|---|---|
| Mac (US layout) | ⌥ Option + ⇧ Shift + ? |
| Windows | Alt + 0191 |
| Any Mac app | Emojibar: click the menubar icon, search “upside-down question mark”, click to copy |
Upside-down question mark codes for HTML, CSS and LaTeX
| Unicode | U+00BF / U+00A1 |
| HTML | ¿ ¡ · ¿ ¡ |
| CSS content | "\00BF \00A1" |
| LaTeX | ?` !` |