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The accent in a word can be on any of its syllables and knowing and learning to identify this information is very important in Spanish spelling. And it is that depending on the syllable in which the greatest intensity falls at the time of pronunciation, a classification between sharp, flat and esdrújulas words. In addition there is a accentuation rules that allow us to know which words should have an accent and which should not. We will explain all this to you in the following OneHowTo article and we will show you useful examples of sharp, flat and esdrújulas words.
Examples of sharp words
The words sharp are those in which the syllable tonic it is the last one, that is, the last syllable is pronounced with greater intensity than the others.
Some examples of sharp words are: ACjón, panet, Madrid, dawnnoz, coincidentallydad, Iwildebeest, reloj, cobe, caminar, cafaith, hotel, etc.
When do they have an accent?
- When they end in vocal. Examples: sofa, Panama, I will jump, Peru, here, mannequin, greeted, dad, hummingbird, taboo, I will change, baby, ruby, Moroccan, etc.
- When they end in vocal + n. Examples: heart, pants, alligator, pan, tuna, Fermin, mailbox, sock, common, carmine, hard shoulder, saffron, Afghanistan, ball, also, sultan, etc.
- When they end in vocal + s. Examples: never, you will have, compass, French, English, anise, Jesus, bus, you relive, courteous, goodbye, twenty-two, etc.
Examples of plain words
In the words flat the intensity falls on the penultimate syllable, so this would be the stressed syllable and the rest the unstressed syllables.
Some examples of plain words are: ltopiz, cacyour sungivessunyouta, azúcar, arbowl, peecina, cometana, puerta, fruta, chicle, etc.
When do they have an accent?
- When NO finish in vowel, -no -s. Examples: angel, jail, clover, tandem, grass, leader, thorax, tunnel, easy, hard, etc.
- When they end in -s preceded by another consonant. Examples: biceps, triceps, comics,
Examples of esdrújulas words
Finally, in the words esdrújulas the stressed syllable is penultimate syllable.
Some examples are: boligraph, meACunique, rethey moan, cameass, mycróphone, wildebeestmere, podologo, platano, satealite, antocourage, orunique, thecreeps, plasattic, spectáass, pajaro, cousasks, AClido, ráI ask, frenéethical, etc.
When do they have an accent?
The words esdrújulas FOREVER They have an accent.
Although to a lesser extent, we can also find the calls words on esdrújulas which have the stressed syllable in the previous to the penultimate syllable and also always have an accent. Examples: tosawsame it, especphysically, ráquickly, faeasily, compramelo, demoAveethically, etc.
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