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What does the word "ortografía" means?

What does the word "ortografía" means?

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What does the word 'ortografía' means?

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updated Dec 28, 2010
edited by sv2qp
posted by spanishlearner21

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Means: Orthography in english

updated Dec 29, 2010
posted by pacofinkler
Rules related to the correct writing of a language. - pacofinkler, Dec 28, 2010
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'Ortografía' derives from a compound Greek word from "orthi" + "grafi".
"orthi" means right, correct, just ( grammatically) and "grafi" means writing.
Thus 'ortografia' means correct writing with no spelling mistakes.
You can see the word in the dictionary..here grin

updated Dec 28, 2010
edited by sv2qp
posted by sv2qp
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ortografia is what we call punctuation...

reglas de ortografia= punctuation rules

updated Dec 28, 2010
posted by ntorres1999
It includes spelling and capitalization, too. - JoyceM, Dec 28, 2010
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it is often used to mean "spelling"

updated Dec 28, 2010
posted by ntorres1999