La palabra “España” se escribe con mayúscula.

The word “Spain” is written with a capital letter.

Breakdown of La palabra “España” se escribe con mayúscula.

• con: with
• la palabra: the word
• España: Spain
• la mayúscula: the capital letter

Questions & Answers about La palabra “España” se escribe con mayúscula.

Why does the sentence start with La palabra?

Because the sentence is talking about the word itself, not about Spain as a country.

• España = Spain
• la palabra España = the word España

In English, we often do the same thing:

• The word “Spain” is capitalized.

So La palabra makes it clear that this is a statement about spelling/writing.

Why is it la palabra and not el palabra?

Because palabra is a feminine noun in Spanish, so it takes the feminine article la.

• la palabra = the word

This is something you simply have to learn with the noun:

• el libro
• la casa
• la palabra

What does se escribe mean here?