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Cyphernaut - Accent Marks (Spanish-Español)

While English words usually don't have accent marks over vowels to tell readers which syllables are stressed, the Romance languages such as Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Italian frequently use them. In Spanish, it is especially important to indicate if a vowel has stress as it sometimes changes the meaning and usage of the word. So as your Spanish professor would say ¡Ojo con los acentos! (Watch out for the accents!)

The table below presents some Spanish words which are spelled the same the placement of stress changes its usage and meaning. The Spanish word appears in column one and the meaning and usage appears in column two.


Accent Marks
SpanishMeaning and Usage
ánimo
animo
animó
ánimo is a noun that means courage or valor
animo is a verb in the first person singular in the present indicative tense which means 'I encourage'
animó is a verb in the third person singular in the preterite tense which means 'he/she/you(formal) encouraged'
cálculo
calculo
calculó
cálculo is a noun which means calculation
calculo is a verb in the first person singular in the present indicative tense which means 'I calculate'
calculó is a verb in the third person singular in the preterite tense which means 'he/she/you(formal) calculated'
capítulo
capitulo
capituló
capítulo is a noun which means chapter
capitulo is a verb in the first person singular in the present indicative tense which means 'I capitulate'
capituló is a verb in the third person singular in the preterite tense which means 'he/she/you(formal) capitulated'
célebre
celebre
celebré
célebre is an adjective which means famous or celebrated
celebre is a verb in the first person singular in the present subjunctive tense which means 'I celebrate' or I 'praise'
celebré is a verb in the first person singular in the preterite tense which means 'I celebrated'
estímulo
estimulo
estimuló
estímulo is a noun which means incentive or stimulus
estimulo is a verb in the first person singular in the present indicative tense which means 'I stimulate'
estimuló is a verb in the third person singular in the preterite tense which means 'he/she/you(formal) stimulated'
límite
limite
limité
límite is a noun which means limit
limite is a verb in the first person singular in the present subjunctive tense which means 'I limit' or 'I confine'
limité is a verb in the first person singular in the preterite tense which means 'I limited'
méndigo
mendigo
mendigó
méndigo is a noun which means beggar
mendigo is a verb in the first person singular in the present indicative tense which means 'I beg'
mendigó is a verb in the third person singular in the preterite tense which means 'he/she/you(formal) begged'
público
publico
publicó
público is an adjective which means public
publico is a verb in the first person singular in the present indicative tense which means 'I publish'
publicó is a verb in the third person singular in the preterite tense which means 'he/she/you(formal) published'
término
termino
terminó
término is a noun which means end or terminus
termino is a verb in the first person singular in the present indicative tense which means 'I end' or 'I terminate'
terminó is a verb in the third person singular in the preterite tense which means 'he/she/you(formal) ended'
título
titulo
tituló
título is a noun which means title
titulo is a verb in the first person singular in the present indicative tense which means 'I title' or 'I call'
tituló is a verb in the third person singular in the preterite tense which means 'he/she/you(formal) titled'




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