hyphenate in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for hyphenate in the English»Spanish Dictionary

hyphenate [Am ˈhaɪfəˌneɪt, Brit ˈhʌɪf(ə)neɪt] VB trans

1. hyphenate:

hyphenate

escribir con (un) guión

hyphenate

unir con (un) guión

2. hyphenate <hyphenated, pp >:

hyphenated word

con guión

hyphenate in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for hyphenate in the English»Spanish Dictionary

hyphenate [ˈhaɪfəneɪt] VB trans

hyphenate

separar con guiones

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Currently, most typesetting systems (also called layout programs) and modern word processors hyphenate automatically, using a hyphenation algorithm.

en.wikipedia.org

The general rule is simple: don't hyphenate after prefixes.

abovethelaw.com

There is latitude in determining how exactly those values manifest in your life, nobody's perfect and self-interest isn't a dirty hyphenate.

www.huffingtonpost.com

The female writer-director-creator hyphenate seemed to dominate.

nymag.com

In the 19th century, it was common to hyphenate adverbadjective modifiers with the adverb ending in "-ly" (in other words, producing the character string "ly-").

en.wikipedia.org

Thus, you hyphenate special-interest money, but only because money is part of the phrase; if you were referring to this or that special interest, a hyphen would be wrong.

abovethelaw.com

I don't blame women who keep their fathers' names or hyphenate both names.

www.vanguardngr.com

I now know when to hyphenate compound adjectives.

www.independent.co.uk

It's up to the couple whether to change their name, hyphenate, or mash it up in some way with their spouse's.

www.cbc.ca

For anyone, that's one long hyphenate.

www.winnipegfreepress.com