{"id":4521,"date":"2013-02-26T16:36:25","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T16:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=4521"},"modified":"2013-02-26T16:36:25","modified_gmt":"2013-02-26T16:36:25","slug":"how-to-use-the-hyphen-in-portuguese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/how-to-use-the-hyphen-in-portuguese\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use the hyphen in Portuguese"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Ol\u00e1!<\/p>\n

After the 2009 spelling reform, Portuguese has other (and easier) ways to use the hyphen. Let’s see how it is done now.<\/p>\n

1. Different vowels – Don’t use the hyphen<\/strong><\/p>\n

infraestrutura
\nextraoficial
\nautoestrada
\nsemi\u00e1rido
\nultraelevado<\/p>\n

2. Same vowels – Use the hyphen<\/strong><\/p>\n

anti-inflamat\u00f3rio
\nauto-observa\u00e7\u00e3o
\nmicro-ondas
\ncontra-argumento<\/p>\n

3. Same consonants – Use the hyphen<\/strong><\/p>\n

sub-base
\nsuper-requintado
\ninter-racial
\ninter-relacionar
\nhiper-realista<\/p>\n

4. Vowel + R and S – Don’t use the hyphen – duplicate the consonants: RR and SS<\/strong><\/p>\n

antissocial
\nautossuficiente
\nultrassonografia
\nautorretrato
\ncontrarreforma
\nultrarr\u00e1pido<\/p>\n

5. With the word “bem” – Use the hyphen<\/strong><\/p>\n

bem-vindo
\nbem-nascido
\nbem-educado
\nbem-humorado<\/p>\n

Want more free resources to\u00a0learn Portuguese<\/a>? Check out the other goodies we offer to help make your language learning efforts a daily habit.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Ol\u00e1! After the 2009 spelling reform, Portuguese has other (and easier) ways to use the hyphen. Let’s see how it is done now. 1. Different vowels – Don’t use the hyphen infraestrutura extraoficial autoestrada semi\u00e1rido ultraelevado 2. Same vowels – Use the hyphen anti-inflamat\u00f3rio auto-observa\u00e7\u00e3o micro-ondas contra-argumento 3. Same consonants – Use the hyphen sub-base…<\/p>\n

Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":4523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[1851],"tags":[379370],"class_list":["post-4521","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-learning","tag-learning"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t