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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὀξύτονος (oxútonos).
Pronunciation
Adjective
oxítono (feminine oxítona, masculine plural oxítonos, feminine plural oxítonas)
- (linguistics, of a word) oxytone (stressed on the last syllable)
Related terms
Spanish
Adjective
oxítono (feminine oxítona, masculine plural oxítonos, feminine plural oxítonas)
- oxytone
- Synonym: agudo
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