Polyglot Dictionary

acento

/aˈsento/

el noun B1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
los acentos

Meaning

  1. accent, stress mark

    • Esta palabra lleva acento en la última sílaba.

      This word has the stress on the last syllable.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

tilde

acento is broader, and can also mean a spoken accent; tilde specifically means the diacritic accent mark.

Similar in other languages

German

Stress

Close — an accent relates to stress (as in a stress mark).

English

dialect

Close — an accent relates to a dialect.

Practice

1 What does acento mean?

2 Fill the gap: Esta palabra lleva ___ en la última sílaba.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches acento?

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