acento

Etymology

From Latin accentus.

Noun

acento m (plural acentos)

1. accent

Noun

acento (plural acenti)

1. accent

Verb

acentō

1. third-person plural future active imperative of aceō

Etymology

From Latin accentus.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ˈsẽ.tu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ˈsẽ.tu/
• Homophone: assento
• Hyphenation: a‧cen‧to

Noun

acento m (plural acentos)

1. (orthography) accent (mark to indicate accent)

Etymology

From Latin accentus.

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /aˈθento/, [aˈθẽn̪t̪o]
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /aˈsento/, [aˈsẽn̪t̪o]

Noun

acento m (plural acentos)

1. accent (typographical line)

   Synonym: tilde

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

Further reading

• “acento” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.