Polyglot Dictionary

tilde

/ˈtilde/

la noun B2

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
las tildes

Meaning

  1. accent mark

    • Falta una tilde.

      An accent is missing.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

acento

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

Similar in other languages

English

accent

accent is the English word for the same thing — both mean "accent mark."

Practice

1 What does tilde mean?

2 Fill the gap: Falta una ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches tilde?

noun

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