ORTHOGRAPHY: las mayúsculas y minúsculas
in this section of ortografía you will learn what types of words are capitalized and which ones are not. The rules in Spanish are different than in English.
We capitalize in Spanish:
- The first letter of every sentence is capitalized.
- The first letter of all proper nouns is capitalized
- names of peoples
- countries
- cities
- geographical features, etc
- The first letter of the first word in titles of books, films, and works of art is generally capitalized.
- The first letter of any proper name.
- The initial letter of each word in newspaper and magazine titles.
- Capital letters with accent marks retain them.
We use lower case in;
- The first letter of days, months, and seasons are not capitalized.
- The first letter of nationalities is not capitalized.
- The first letter of languages is not capitalized.
Licensing and Attribution:
Orthografía content on this page was remixed from Español por el mundo by Gemma Morawski and Ani Alcocer, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.