I need help with capitalizing in Spanish?

Question

Hi. I am doing a Spanish project with places and stuff, and I have to make sentences like: La iglesia está lejos de la zapatería. Should I capitalize everything and make it: La Iglesia está lejos de La Zapatería.

Did I capitalize right? What if I am saying El Parque Zoológico? Did I do right capitalizing there?

Answer 1

no
u dont capitalize anything but the first letter of the sentence. just like in english. unless it were the name of the place, then yes.
other than that, no.
so make zapateria and iglesia lowercase.

Answer 2

no
La iglesia está lejos de la zapatería.

only names and first letter on a sentence is capitalized

native spanish speaker

Answer 3

Spanish people don't believe in capitalization, even when it's a city, state, or country.

Only names and the first letter at the beginning of a sentence is capitalized.

Do not capitalize parque nor zoologico.

Answer 4

If "la zapatería" is the name of the shoe shop, then capitalize it, if not, don't.

same as in the zoo

oh and wahat mitra_couture said isn't true...we do believe in capitalization, it depends on if it's a proper name or not.

Answer 5

Spanish uses significantly fewer capital letters than does English. Whenever Spanish capitalizes a word, the corresponding word in English is capitalized, but the opposite is far from true.

There are numerous instances where English capitalizes that Spanish does not.

What Spanish does capitalize are proper names for people, places, newspapers and magazines; abbreviations of personal titles such as Dr., the equivalent of the English "Dr.," and Sr., the equivalent of "Mr."; and the first word in the titles of books, plays, movies and similar works.

Here are the most common cases where English capitalizes that Spanish does not:

Calendar: Names of the days of the week and months of the year use lower-case letters. Hoy es martes. (Today is Tuesday.) México celebra su independencia el 16 de septiembre. (Mexico celebrates its independence on September 16.)

Composition titles: In formal written Spanish, titles of movies, books, plays and similar works capitalize only the first word and proper nouns. La guerra de las galaxias ("Star Wars"), Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal ("Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone") Note: In informal written Spanish, and on book covers and movie posters, it is not unusual to see such composition titles capitalized as in English.

Personal titles: Introductory titles are not capitalized, although common abbreviations of them (such as Sr. for señor, Dr. for doctor, D. for don and Srta. for señorita) are. ¿Conoces a la señora Wilson? (Do you know Mrs. Wilson?) ¿Conoces a la Sra. Wilson? (Do you know Mrs. Wilson?) La reina Victoria fue mi abuela. (Queen Victoria was my grandmother.)

Religions: Names of religions and their adherents aren't capitalized. Mi madre es católica. (My mother is Catholic.) Estudio el cristianismo. (I'm studying Christianity.)

Ordinal numbers: When an ordinal number is used after a name, it isn't capitalized. Luis catorce (Luis the Fourteenth), Carlos octavo (Charles the Eighth)

Place names: Although the given name of rivers, lakes, mountains and other geographic features are capitalized, the place identifier is not. No vimos el río Amazonas. (We didn't see the Amazon River.) Vivimos cerca de la montaña Rainier. (We live near Mount Rainier.)

Nationality: Although names of countries and cities are capitalized, words derived from them are not. Soy inglés. (I'm English.) Prefiero los cocos puertorriqueños. (I prefer the Puerto Rican coconuts.)

Languages: Names of languages aren't capitalized. Hablo inglés. (I speak English.) Quiero estudiar alemán. (I want to study German.)

Answer 6

You capitalize the same way you do in English.
The first one is right.

Answer 7

i'm fluent in spanish, i grew up in Uruguay till i was 10 and went to school there till i was in 5th grade, and to my knowledge you don't capatilize every single word!! it's just like English!! you capatilize the first word of a sentence, a name, a country's name, things like that, you don't have capitalize church or park!

Answer 8

¿Cuál es tu nombre? ¿Cuál es tu ocupación? ¿De dónde eres? ¿Cuál es tu nacionalidad? ¿Cuántos años de edad tienes? ¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños? ¿Que haces? If that's a identify of a guy or female or concern, particular capitalize. Language - no different than it extremely is in the outlet of the sentence

Answer 9

Do not capitalize different that you would in English.

Answer 10

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