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Acentos
Accents may look strange to anyone whose native language doesn’t have any, but they are extremely important in Spanish. Leaving off the accent on a word is a spelling mistake, and may cause confusion.
There are three different Spanish accents – click the links for detailed lessons.
| Accent | Found on | What it does | Por ejemplo… | ||
| ´ | agudo acute |
a, e, i, o, u | Overrides normal rules of word stress Distinguishes between otherwise identical words |
árbol el vs él |
tree the vs he |
| ¨ | diéresis dieresis |
u | Causes u to be pronounced [w] in front of e or i | lingüística vergüenza |
linguistics shame |
| ~ | tilde tilde |
n | Changes pronunciation from [n] to [ɲ] | mañana baño |
tomorrow bath |
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