Correct spelling, punctuation, use of accent/diacritical marks, etc.
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2answers
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¿Cuál es la palabra correcta, “membresía” o “membrecía”?
Cual es la forma correcta de escribir la siguiente palabra: MEMBRESÍA o MEMBRECÍA, según las normas de la Real Academia de la Lengua Española para el año actual (2013). Por favor incluir referencias ...
5
votes
2answers
120 views
¿Cuándo quitaron los acentos de las palabras como “fué”?
He leído que hace años la RAE cambiaron las reglas para quitar las tildes de las palabras como fué, dió, etc. ¿Cuándo pasó eso? ¿Por qué hizo este cambio la RAE? ¿Cuáles fueron las palabras afectadas?
...
2
votes
3answers
94 views
¿Se escribe “satisfactibilidad” o "satisfacibilidad?
En teoría de computación se habla del Problema de satisfacibilidad booleana. En inglés se llama “satisfiability problem”, y se trata de determinar si una fórmula lógica se puede o no satisfacer. Sin ...
8
votes
2answers
131 views
Duda entre “sino” y “si no”
Hace poco he leído un libro donde se empleaba el sino. Al principio pensaba que era un error de ortografía, pero me resulta un poco extraño que se equivocaron en poner sino y no separado si no. ...
3
votes
1answer
80 views
¿Se escribe Gobierno español o gobierno español?
¿Se escribe Gobierno español o gobierno español? La verdad, que si es Gobierno de España, estoy seguro que todo debe de escribirse con inicial mayúsculas. Pero cuando uso el gentilicio no sé si ...
13
votes
1answer
119 views
¿Cuál palabra es “ouo”?
Leyendo una edición antigua de Las Sergas de Esplandian, me encontré una palabra que no pude entender. Aquí lo muestro con imagen:
Transcrito al alfabeto moderno, se lee:
Sabed que ala diestra ...
2
votes
2answers
73 views
Tildes sobre las letras mayúsculas
¿Cuál es la regla acerca del uso de las tildes sobre las letras mayúsculas? ¿Cuándo se debe ponerlas y cuándo no? ¿Y la regla siempre ha sido igual, o es algo que ha cambiado en el pasado?
11
votes
3answers
243 views
Why is búho written with an acute accent?
Spanish
¿Hay alguna razón porque la que la palabra "búho" lleve acento agudo? ¿Hay alguna regla ortográfica que lo determine? Estoy acostumbrado a los acentos sobre la e, pero me sorprendió bastante ...
6
votes
1answer
72 views
¿Cómo debo usar “?” al final de una pregunta citada?
El título de mi última pregunta me hizo pensar en ésta:
Cuando estoy citando una pregunta, ¿cómo debo usar el final ??
Por ejemplo, ¿cuál es correcto?:
¿Dijiste "¿Cómo estás?"
¿Dijiste "¿Cómo ...
4
votes
2answers
298 views
¿Cuándo se le pone tilde a más? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Difference between “mas” and “más”
The question is quite simple.
When does mas have an accent? Mas can mean more but it has other meanings as well.
Can someone ...
9
votes
6answers
408 views
Is “$5 pesos” proper form in Spanish?
Today I saw a bus stop advertisement that read
$5 pesos hacen la diferencia.
Is this proper form? In English, that would be incorrect and redundant. "$5 dollars" would read as "5 dollars ...
9
votes
7answers
651 views
What is the longest word in Spanish?
What is the longest word in Spanish accepted by the Real Academia Española? What about words not officially accepted by the RAE?
¿Cuál es la palabra en español más larga aceptada por la Real ...
13
votes
2answers
283 views
Are there other words that can't be written? (like sal-le)
Recently, I learned that there is at least one Spanish word that can be pronounced but not written.
It is the imperative form of 'salirle'. It is prononunced as 'sal-le' and the written form should ...
4
votes
2answers
109 views
Why, when, and how did vowels E and I get special treatment from consonants like C,G & Q?
I think this question may involve more than Spanish, and may include Romance languages or even Latin.
I wonder why, when, and how did vowels E and I get special treatment from consonants like C, G, ...
10
votes
4answers
499 views
When is uppercase used in English but lowercase in Spanish?
There are many cases where English uses capital letters (e.g. January) but Spanish uses lowercase (e.g. enero). Grammar or orthography books have long lists of all the cases where capital letters are ...
0
votes
1answer
53 views
Is the country México or Méjico?
Is the name of the country south of the United States spelled México or Méjico? Which is the official name of the country in English and Spanish? When is each version used?
4
votes
1answer
93 views
What is the etymology of the “diéresis” or “crema”?
This entry of the Diccionario panhispánico de dudas explains the uses of the diéresis or crema (the ¨ mark) in Spanish (it is mandatory over a u to indicate that this vowel must be pronounced in the ...
5
votes
2answers
478 views
When does sólo have an accent?
When does the word solo have an accent (tilde) on the first o (sólo)? When does it not?
4
votes
1answer
500 views
Dash and hyphen usage in Spanish
English uses at least two types of dashes (en dash and em dash) along with hyphens, and there are (fairly complex, in my opinion) rules on when and how each should be used. What types of dashes or ...
4
votes
1answer
287 views
Quotation mark usage in Spanish
In English, we have double quotation marks (") and single quotation marks ('). Spanish adds angular quotation marks (« »). What is the official rule for which type of mark should be used when in ...
8
votes
1answer
108 views
Is it acceptable to leave out the inverted punctuation marks?
Is it acceptable to leave out inverted question marks and exclamation points (¿ ¡) from questions and exclamatory sentences?
I ask this because some computers and other devices I use won't let me add ...
6
votes
1answer
442 views
When to use 'o' and 'ó'
I've seen the conjunction o both with and without an accent mark. What are the rules for when the accent ought to be used?
6
votes
2answers
176 views
Why is a comma used before a “y” in some cases?
I was taught that a comma must be used this way.
One (of many other uses) is when you want to enumerate a list of items you have to use the comma and before the last element of the list the comma ...
8
votes
3answers
310 views
Why is Usted sometimes abbreviated as Vd. instead of Ud.? Is there any difference in usage between the two?
I've noticed that the word Usted can be abbreviated at least 2 ways, the most common of which being Ud. and Vd. to my knowledge. I see how Ud. makes perfect sense, but why is a V used instead of a U ...
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5answers
321 views
Why is “Enrique” pronunced as though it has a double “r”?
Why is "Enrique", even though its 'r' position is at the middle of a word, pronounced as a double "r"? What are the orthographic rules you need to know to determine if an "r" must be pronounced as a ...
12
votes
3answers
184 views
“Guion” vs “Guión” - Are there other words which could be written in multiple ways?
My dictionary uses guión while Wikipedia writes guion.
I tried Google ngram and was nearly convinced that Wikipedia was wrong because nobody else seems to use that spelling today.
I was really ...
5
votes
1answer
144 views
Historical pronunciation of letters “b” and “v”
In another question, a Wikipedia article was quoted saying:
The letters ⟨b⟩ and ⟨v⟩ were originally simply known as be and ve. However, there is no longer any distinction between the sounds of ...
5
votes
3answers
1k views
The letter “k” in Spanish
The letter "k" is rarely seen in Spanish. What is the origin of Spanish words containing a k? Are most recent loanwords from modern languages, influences from older languages (Latin or Greek), or of ...
8
votes
2answers
106 views
Are there any true nouns containing a hyphen in the Spanish language?
In this Spanish Wikipedia: about Guion ortográfico I found mentioned
Separar algunas palabras compuestas.
but there are no examples given.
Are these foreign words or are there proper examples ...
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votes
2answers
239 views
Was “rr” ever considered officially a letter of the Spanish alphabet?
Everybody agrees that the Spanish digraphs "ch" and "ll" used to be officially separate "letters" up to the time the RAE changed the rules of Spanish alphabetization in 1994.
But when it comes to the ...
13
votes
3answers
152 views
Is the use of @ instead of 'a' or 'o' in order to refer to both masculine and femenine accepted?
I have seen several times the use of @ instead of 'a' or 'o' for refering masculine and femenine words at the same time. For example:
Hola a tod@s.
Is this an accepted use?
6
votes
2answers
1k views
Forma correcta de “nisiquiera”
Al escribir siempre he tenido la duda de cuál es la manera apropiada del término o frase.
¿Es "ni si quiera", "ni siquiera" o todo junto "nisiquiera"?.
When writing I've always worred about which ...
13
votes
3answers
343 views
Proper placement of inverted question mark
What is the proper placement of the inverted question mark in sentences that are not completely questions? A common example:
Hello, how are you?
(¿)Hola, (¿)cómo estás?
Or:
That's ...
4
votes
3answers
112 views
Single or multiple word names of numbers
Should numbers above 15 be spelled as a single word (diecisiete, veintidos, etc.) or multiple words (diez y siete, veinte y dos, etc). Does the Real Academia Española have a official opinion on the ...
5
votes
4answers
278 views
Names of letters “b” and “v”
The letters b and v have several possible names in Spanish. Is there an official, language academy-sponsored name for these letters? If not, what are the most common and standard names?
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votes
2answers
714 views
Why is the “X” in México and Texas pronunced as the letter “J”?
English
Even as a native speaker I don't know the reason of this. Another example would be Xavier.
Español
Aunque el español es mi primera lengua, no sé por qué razón sucede esto. Otro ejemplo ...
5
votes
2answers
146 views
Proper spelling of “beisbol”
I had the privilege of attending the 2011 Panamerican Games last month, and went to the brand new baseball stadium in Lagos de Moreno. The stadium said in big letters:
Estadio de Beisbol
My ...
26
votes
3answers
509 views
Origin and usage of “¿” and “¡”
English
I was wondering what the reason is that the inverted exclamation mark ¡ and the inverted question mark ¿ were introduced into the Spanish language and not into most other languages.
Any ...
40
votes
11answers
743 views
How important are accents in written Spanish?
English
I notice that native Spanish speakers often leave off accents in writing. Outside the context of edited material, it almost seems like accent pedantry is the sign of someone who has learned ...
14
votes
2answers
264 views
What is the difference between: “aquel” and “aquél”
I see both "aquel" and "aquél" used in similar context and was wondering if there is any difference in meaning of those two words.
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votes
2answers
335 views
When is it written with and without accent: porqué/porque/por qué?
Can anybody explain to me when each of this variations of "porque" should be used?
