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Do months need to be capitalized in Spanish?

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do months need to be capitalized?

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updated Oct 9, 2017
edited by --Mariana--
posted by monalisa777
No, but a little consistency would be nice! Your first "Do" is great, but what happened to his twin in the next line? ;-) - cristalino, Oct 11, 2011
panish does NOT capitalize: ►Calendar: Names of the days of the week and months of the year. ►Religions: Names of religions and their adherents aren't capitalized. ►Nationality: Although names of countries and cities are capitalized, words derived from th - MaKayla0032, Oct 9, 2017
bye - MaKayla0032, Oct 9, 2017

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Welcome to the forum.

In Spanish we capitalize 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.

Spanish does NOT capitalize:

?Calendar: Names of the days of the week and months of the year.

?Religions: Names of religions and their adherents aren't capitalized.

?Nationality: Although names of countries and cities are capitalized, words derived from them are not.

?Languages: Names of languages aren't capitalized.

updated Oct 11, 2011
posted by --Mariana--
Great answer. :) - Dakie, Mar 6, 2011
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No, they don't. smile Welcome to the forum.

updated Mar 6, 2011
posted by Dakie
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Just be careful because the two languages can mix unconsciously. I've found myself not capitalizing a lot of things that should be capitalized in English because of Spanish.

-Charlius-

updated Mar 6, 2011
posted by Charlius