Surely, on more than one occasion, you have seen written shameless and shameless. Or even, to more than one and one, it will have happened to you, that you doubt how to spell it correctly… How do you spell shameless or are they shameful? What differences are there between doing it one way and doing it another? Are both ways of writing them correct?
To clear up doubts, the simplest and most correct way, so that you do not ask a person and this person may be wrong, is to take a look in the dictionary. The most appropriate would be that of the RAE, which is the dictionary of the Royal Academy of Spain.
Knowing how to write correctly or doing it wrong is common among people who are learning the Spanish language. It is also important, not only to do it and know if it goes together or separately, but it is also just as important, to do it with the umlaut on the letter u. Not everyone puts it and obviously, it is a rather important misspelling. Since between doing it and not, the word goes from pronouncing the /u/ or not doing it.
Let’s go in parts. We are going to try to explain to you from doncomos.com, how to spell the word correctly. What does this word mean and why we should not forget to place the umlaut either. The word shameless or shameless, if we look it up in the dictionary, we will realize that it only appears in one way. And that is the correct one. But both can and do exist.
Instructions for writing shameless or shameless
- If we listen to what the dictionary says verbatim, the word means: “a person who has a mischievous attitude or who moves for their own interests.”
- Therefore, in the dictionary, only one of the two options will appear and the separated word will never appear. To say or, rather, to write, without shame, does not exist.
- The exact and correct way to do it, is scoundrel.
- We give you some examples with this word so that you can get an idea of how to apply it and what the meanings may be. “That boy, he is a scoundrel, he has stolen that old lady’s bag in one fell swoop”, “The girl rebuked that character over there, for being a scoundrel”, “what a scoundrel, he tried to steal my wallet”, etc.
- Now, well, we have already given the clue that one of the two options is not correct. But, be careful, because if you can also write and it would not be wrong, say shamelessly they were? Let’s say, how is it different…
- Writing scoundrel, like this, all together, refers to a person who lacks shame, who has no scruples and who looks out for himself. Ok, this is what we were saying before. But… now comes when we can also say that writing without shame, separately, is correct. But beware, it refers to an act, not to the person. We will put some examples, so that you get a much better idea and if you were getting involved, you can already clear up your doubts.
- Scoundrel (all united) is the person. The person who does the act. And saying, without shame, (separated), refers rather to the act. To a fact, where it is explained that he was not ashamed. Let’s see:
- Some examples: “That person didn’t seem to have any scruples. He was shameless at what had happened ”,“ You should not be ashamed of her. Talk to your boss without shame, she will understand ”,“ Finally, she exposed her shamelessly and nailed it. She managed to overcome her shyness and got an A’.
- What should be made very clear is when it is written one way (Separated or not) and in what term it is done, because then, it does give an option to error.
- Of what yes, it will be a misspelling is when it is written, for example, scoundrel without the umlaut and when it is written without shame, also without the umlaut.
- When we see the word shamelessly separated, remember that it refers to the act. To the fact, to the act, what the person does… therefore, it is no longer an adverbial locution (how it is done…) but is the set of a preposition (without) and a noun.
- An adverbial locution instead, yes it is, to say scoundrel.
- Why does the word scoundrel and shameless have to take an umlaut? Because in Spanish there are certain words that when put together, such as the letters -gue and -gui, if we want the letter U to sound, we must put the umlaut on them. Thus they go from being simply -gui (gi), or -gue (ge), to pronouncing it as “gui” and as “gue”. We write it like this so that you know what it would be like between wearing it and not wearing it.
- Some examples of the word scoundrel (person) could be: cheeky, fresh, scoundrel, cheeky, rogue, shameless, etc.
- Always, when in doubt, the easiest thing to avoid screwing up is to be able to look in the dictionary. It is one hundred percent, the most reliable.
What do you need to write shameless or shameless?
- Paper.
- Pencil.
- Computer with internet connection to be able to search the information through the search engine.
- A dictionary. The one from the RAE is the official one in Spain, which will help you to know how to spell a word correctly and its meaning.
- Ask a friend who speaks Spanish perfectly and writes it. It will be easy for them to explain what the word means and how it is written.
- Try to read as much as you can. Reading helps a lot to expand vocabulary and enrich it. You learn many words and you will be able to know what kind of synonyms you can use to change the word.
Tips for writing shameless or shameless
Another thing is, being able to ask a person who understands the Spanish language perfectly, to write it correctly and thus, can give you a hand with the meaning of these, when to write them and how they are pronounced.
Writing Castilian (Spanish) perfectly is not easy. Although it may seem so a priori, there are really many verbs that are complicated. For some foreigners, making the conjunctions and beginning to understand the language is very uphill and normal. It is a complicated language, but very beautiful.
Don’t give up, just persevere. Keep reading, start with easy books or novels and increase with the complication as you have a greater ability to understand, comprehend and know what the synonyms are.
Making a brief summary of everything that we have been discussing, we can conclude that saying both shameless and shameless are both correct. But be careful, because they do not mean the same thing. The first, scoundrel, say it or write it together, refers to the person. And writing it separately, without shame, refers to the fact, to the act that a person does. Not to be confused. So really, both exist. But since we imagine that we are referring to the person (someone who lacks shame and is very mischievous) then saying without shame would not be correct. And both words, always, should be written with the umlaut in the u /ü/.
Important, do not forget to write the umlaut. What is the use of putting it? For that letter to be pronounced. Many times, writing water, for example, goes with the letter u, but it is not pronounced. On the other hand, shame, for the letter /u/ to be pronounced, it must be indicated. That way of knowing that it should be named is by placing the umlaut on it. In such a way, if we see scoundrel and shameless, it does not exist in one way, nor does it exist in another.