Name of the painting

Marco G.A0Kwiziq community member

Name of the painting

I didn't realize that the entire proper noun is not capitalized or even just the nouns in the name. Apparently only the first word is?

Ps, I didn't see a response yet to the pair of questions regarding the use of the el/lo pronoun quandary.

Asked 3 weeks ago
SilviaKwiziq Native Spanish TeacherCorrect answer

Hola Marcos G.

Great observation. Yes, in Spanish titles (including the names of paintings, books, songs, etc.), capitalization works differently from English. In general, only the first word of the title is capitalized, unless a proper noun appears in it. Articles, prepositions and common nouns that follow remain lowercase.

So a title like Taza de agua y rosa is written with only the first word capitalized, even though in English we would normally capitalize most of the words.

Thanks as well for the follow-up note about el / lo. You’re right to flag it — I’ll reply to those questions separately so they don’t get lost.

Best wishes
Silvia

Marco G. asked:

Name of the painting

I didn't realize that the entire proper noun is not capitalized or even just the nouns in the name. Apparently only the first word is?

Ps, I didn't see a response yet to the pair of questions regarding the use of the el/lo pronoun quandary.

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