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ortográfico I found mentioned  Separar algunas palabras
compuestas.  but there are no examples given.  Are these foreign
words or are there proper examples in Spanish?  share|improve
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accepted  They are proper examples in Spanish. They are usually
two adjectives that describe a very specific quality of the
object (in most cases).  For example:        These words are not
foreign, as said they describe something specific.  There are
some rules as to the usage of the hyphen:    • The compound
words with spanish lexemes are usually written with a hyphen
when they maintain their tonic syllable or maintain certain
independence: teórico-práctico   • It is also used when there
are deleted prepositions between words in apposition and when
the second word is a noun with a upper case letter: anti-Otan
• Words with a prefix that are constructed in apposition are
written without the hyphen: coche bomba   • To