acento

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin accentus.

Noun

acento m (plural acentos)

  1. accent (typographical line)
  2. accent (variety of speech connected to a certain geographical region)

Further reading

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto akcento, English accent, French accent, German Akzent, Italian accento, Russian акце́нт (akcént), Spanish acento. Doublet of achento.

Pronunciation

Noun

acento (plural acenti)

  1. accent (stress of voice, not written accent)

Derived terms

Latin

Verb

acentō

  1. third-person plural future active imperative of aceō

Portuguese

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin accentus.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

acento m (plural acentos)

  1. (orthography) accent (mark to indicate accent)
  2. stress (emphasis put on a syllable)
    Synonyms: tonicidade, ênfase
  3. accent (voice inflection)
    Synonyms: tom, entonação, inflexão
  4. accent (characteristic way of speaking, usually of a region)
    Synonym: sotaque

Derived terms

See also

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From late Old Spanish accento, acento, borrowed from Latin accentus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /aˈθento/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aˈsento/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: a‧cen‧to

Noun

acento m (plural acentos)

  1. accent (typographical line)
    Synonym: tilde
  2. accent (variety of speech connected to a certain geographical region)
    Su acento me es casi imposible de entender.
    His accent is almost impossible for me to understand.

Derived terms

Further reading

Wikious
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