acento

Definitions of acento
  1. noun
    a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
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    types:
    acento agudo, acento cerrado
    a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
    acento abierto, acento grave
    a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
    type of:
    diacrítico
    a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation
  2. noun
    a mark indicating the stress on a syllable
  3. noun
    the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
    synonyms: acentuación, énfasis
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    type of:
    prosodia
    the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
  4. noun
    special importance or significance
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