hyphenate

hyphenate
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
transitive verb
a. escribir con guión
Many phrasal verbs can be changed to nouns or adjectives when you hyphenate them.Muchos verbos frasales se pueden cambiar a un sustantivos o un adjetivo cuando los escribes con guion.
b. unir con guion
Instead of taking my husband's last name, we decided to hyphenate our last names.En vez de tomar el apellido de mi esposo, decidimos unir nuestros apellidos con guion.
c. escribir con un guion
Instead of hyphenating that word, you should just leave it as one word with no space.En vez de escribir esa palabra con guion, debes dejarla como una sola palabra sin espacio.
d. unir con un guion
How do you know when to hyphenate a word?¿Cómo se sabe cuándo hay que unir dos palabras con un guion?
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