Capitalization

Questions about Capitalization

Q: Why is it Falo português and NOT Falo Português?
Portuguese does not capitalize names of languages:

• falo português

👉 Unlike English.

Q: Why is it O Paul chegou na quinta-feira and NOT ... na Quinta-feira?
Days of the week are not capitalized:

• quinta-feira

👉 Same rule as Spanish.

Q: Why is it Pensa que eu sou inteligente and NOT Pensa que Eu sou inteligente?
The pronoun eu is only capitalized at the beginning of a sentence:

• ele disse que eu tenho razão

👉 Not capitalized mid-sentence.

🔑 Key points

• Languages → lowercase

• Days of the week → lowercase

• eu → lowercase (except sentence start)