Use in Spanish
Directionals are not commonly used in Puerto Rican addresses because other descriptions, such as the urbanization name, identify geographic areas. The west ("oeste") directional is the only one that differs between the English and Spanish language directionals. In ZIP+4® Product, the English equivalents are used.

    Abbreviation      Spanish            English
    N                 NORTE              NORTH 
    NE                NORESTE            NORTHEAST  
    NW                NOROESTE           NORTHWEST  
    S                 SUR                SOUTH 
    SE                SURESTE            SOUTHEAST  
    SW                SUROESTE           SOUTHWEST  
    E                 ESTE               EAST 
    W                 OESTE              WEST