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    The rules of capitalization in Spanish differ somewhat from English. In Spanish, the first letter of every sentence and proper nouns like names and places are capitalized. Personal titles like señor are not capitalized unless abbreviated. The first letter of book titles is usually capitalized, while each word in magazine and newspaper titles is capitalized. Unlike in English, the days of the week, months, languages, nationalities, religions and words in geographic names are not capitalized. Religious festivals and national holidays are capitalized.

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    The rules of capitalization in Spanish differ somewhat from English. In Spanish, the first letter of every sentence and proper nouns like names and places are capitalized. Personal titles like señor are not capitalized unless abbreviated. The first letter of book titles is usually capitalized, while each word in magazine and newspaper titles is capitalized. Unlike in English, the days of the week, months, languages, nationalities, religions and words in geographic names are not capitalized. Religious festivals and national holidays are capitalized.

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    The rules of capitalization in Spanish differ somewhat from English. In Spanish, the first letter of every sentence and proper nouns like names and places are capitalized. Personal titles like señor are not capitalized unless abbreviated. The first letter of book titles is usually capitalized, while each word in magazine and newspaper titles is capitalized. Unlike in English, the days of the week, months, languages, nationalities, religions and words in geographic names are not capitalized. Religious festivals and national holidays are capitalized.

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    Capitalization in Spanish

    The rules of capitalization, or el uso de mayúsculas , in Spanish are a bit different from
    English.

    Capitalization
    mayúscula = uppercase

    minúscula = lowercase

    In Spanish, the first letter of every sentence is capitalized, as is the first letter of all
    proper nouns (names of people, cities, countries, places, etc.).

    Me gusta el desierto de Atacama.


    I like the Atacama desert.

    Carlos es de Puebla, México.


    Carlos is from Puebla, Mexico.

    Personal Titles
    Titles like señor (sir or Mr.), señora (ma'am or Mrs.) and doctor (doctor) are not
    capitalized, except when used as abbreviations.

    El señor Rodríguez canta muy bien.


    Mr. Rodríguez sings very well.
    La Sra. Mendoza tiene muchos amigos.
    Mrs. Mendoza has many friends.
     When a full title is used (señor), it is written with a lowercase letter.
     When an abbreviated title is used (Sr.), it is written with an uppercase letter and a
    period at the end.

    Book Titles

    The first letter of the first word in titles of books, films, and works of art is generally
    capitalized.

    Los miserables Cien años de soledad


    Les Misérables One Hundred Years of Solitude
    Newspapers and magazines
    In Spanish, you do capitalize each word in newspaper and magazine titles.

    Revista Semana El País

    (Colombian Magazine) (Spanish Newspaper)

    Time Words and Adjectives


    Unlike English, Spanish does not capitalize:

     days of the week


     months
     languages
     nationalities
     religions
     the first word in geographical names

    Take a look:

    Hoy es viernes.
    Today is Friday.

    Nací en agosto.
    I was born in August.

    Hablo español.
    I speak Spanish.

    Mauricio es mexicano.
    Mauricio is Mexican.

    Roberto es católico.
    Robert is Catholic

    Vivo cerca del río Grande.


    I live near the Rio Grande.
    Holidays
    Religious festivals and national holidays are capitalized in Spanish.

    For example:

    Hoy celebramos el Día de los Muertos.


    Today we celebrate the Day of the Dead.

    En Nochebuena, mi familia come lechón y arroz con gandules.


    On Christmas Eve, my family eats suckling pig with rice and pigeon peas.

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