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Topic: Spanish
https://www.duolingo.com/RobClack

"El bienestar"

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5 years ago

8 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/RobClack
RobClack
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No, I don't think wellbeing needs to be hyphenated.

5 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/kowal5ki
kowal5ki
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It does though.

5 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/NobleJohn
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https://www.duolingo.com/mjlagrande
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My spellchecker (or is that spell-checker?) accepts both spellings.

5 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/RobClack
RobClack
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OK, you win!

5 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/lesliewilman
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Never mind, any spelling of "well-being" is better than "wellness" which OED calls "rather a nonce-wd" . Using it would mark you out as a Duolingo addict.

5 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/sgregson
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"Wellness " is infesting medical jargon recently.

5 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/photom
photom
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What's wrong with "the health"?

4 years ago
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