Acute, Graves and Sdrugal Words

Content

• When do they have an accent?
• Examples of sharp words
• Examples of serious or flat words
• Examples of esdrújulas words
• Examples of overdriven words

In the Spanish language, words can be classified according to the location of their stressed syllable, that is, the one in which the greatest emphasis of the pronunciation of the word falls. According to this criterion, there are three types of words:

• Sharp words. The stressed syllable is the last. For example: Salt-to, yeah-llón.
• Serious words. The stressed syllable is the penultimate. For example:yes-lla, laugh-or.
• Esdrújulas words. The stressed syllable is any syllable before the last one. For example: EC-lu-la.

See also: Sentences with sharp, serious and esdrújulas words

When do they have an accent?

• Sharp words. They carry an accent whenever they end in vowel letters, in N or in S; and also in specific cases of rupture of a diphthong (hiatus).
• Serious words. Unlike the acute ones, they do not have an accent when they end in a vowel, N or S. The exception to the rule, again, occurs in the case of hiatuses, in which the serious words ending in a vowel have an accent.
• Esdrújulas words. They always carry the accent in their stressed syllable.

Examples of sharp words

1. Governorate (Go-ber-na-tion)
2. Corn (Ma-íz)
3. Partridge (Per-diz)
4. He was born (Na-cio)
5. Thug (Ma-ton)
6. Solution (So-lu-tion)
7. Stump (To-with)
8. I fixed (Fi-heh)
9. Atosigó (A-to-si-go)
10. Civilization (Ci-vi-li-za-tion)
11. It fell (Ca-I)
12. I attended (A-ten-gave)
13. Capable (Ca-peace)
14. Song (Can-tion)
15. Atrocious (A-chunk)
16. Earthworm (Lom-briz)
17. Murdered (A-se-si-no)
18. Sun (Sun)
19. Common (Co-bad)
20. I registered (Re-gis-tre)
21. Lantern (Fa-final)
22. Tremor (Tem-blor)
23. Potosí (Po-to-yes)
24. Guaraní (Gua-ra-neither)
25. Sieve (Ta-miz)
26. Shrimp (Ca-ma-Ron)
27. French (Fran-cés)
28. Paper (Pa-pel)
29. Clock (Re-loj)
30. Virtue (Vir-your D)
31. Living room (Sa-lon)
32. Trunk (Ba-last)
33. Armchair (Si-llón)
34. Ostrich (A-see-truz)
35. Champion (Cam-pawn)
36. Revolution (Re-vo-lu-tion)
37. Truck (Ca-mission)
38. Tension (Tens-Zion)
39. Opportunity (O-por-tu-ni-dad)
40. Disgust (De-sa-zone)

See more at:

• Sharp words separated into syllables
• Sharp words with tilde
• Sharp words without accent

Examples of serious or flat words

1. Tree (Ar-bowl)
2. I ate (Co-me-a)
3. Serious (Gra-go)
4. Tomas (To-plus)
5. Door (Puer-ta)
6. House (AC-sa)
7. Nest (Neither-do)
8. Angel (An-gel)
9. Sugar (A-zú-car)
10. Catapult (Ca-ta-pul-ta)
11. Tremble (Time-white)
12. Possible (Po-yes-ble)
13. Nocturnal (Noc-tur-us)
14. Friday (Fri-nes)
15. Sunday (Sun-min-go)
16. Knew (Sa-bi-to)
17. They could (Po-drí-an)
18. Contains (Con-tie-ne)
19. Shoes (Za-pa-cough)
20. Hearts (Co-ra-zo-nes)
21. Tunnel (Your-nel)
22. Grass (Ces-ped)
23. Weak (From-bil)
24. Volume (Vo-lu-men)
25. Anthropology (An-tro-po-lo-gí-to)
26. Contractions (Con-trac-cio-nes)
27. Apostle (A-poster-tol)
28. Coimbra (Co-im-bra)
29. Shed (Tin-gla-do)
30. You would move (Mo-ve-laugh-ace)
31. Cervix (Cer-vix)
32. They kick (Pa-tea-an)
33. Character (Ca-rac-ter)
34. Maria (Ma-laugh-to)
35. Temperature (Tem-pe-ra-you-ra)
36. Readers (Lec-to-beef)
37. Print (Printpri-ma)
38. Oxidized (O-xi-gives-do)
39. Legume (Le-gum-bre)
40. Survival (Su-per-vi-come-Inc)

See more at:

• Grave words separated into syllables
• Serious words with tilde
• Grave words without accent

Examples of esdrújulas words

1. Saturday (Sat-ba-do)
2. Catalog (Ca-tá-logo)
3. Wednesday (Wed-co-les)
4. Add (Á-swim)
5. Toddlers (Pair-vu-los)
6. Canticle (Dog-ti-co)
7. Portico (By-ti-co)
8. Esdrújula (Es-drú-hu-la)
9. Ceramic (Ce-ra-mica)
10. America (A-I-delicious)
11. Didactic (Di-dác-ti-co)
12. Intrinsic (In-trin-dry)
13. Shut (AC-lla-te)
14. Survive it (O-bre-saw-veil)
15. Music (Mu-si-ca)
16. Match (Fos-forum)
17. Lay it down (Tum-ba-lo)
18. Let's combine them (Com-bi-né-mos-las)
19. Opera (Ó-pear)
20. Gothic (Go-ti-co)
21. Pyrrhic (Pi-rri-ca)
22. Blastula (Blás-you-la)
23. Let's propose it (Pro-pon-ga-we-it)
24. Oxygen (O-xi-ge-no)
25. Intimate (Ín-ti-mas)
26. Pylorus (Pi-parrot)
27. Mystical (My-ti-ca)
28. Liver (Hi-ga-do)
29. Epistle (E-pee-to-la)
30. Maximum (Ma-xi-mo)
31. Economic (E-co-no-mi-cos)
32. Symbol (Sim-bolus)
33. Lichens (Li-who is)
34. Gonads (Go-na-das)
35. Ventriloquist (Ven-trí-lo-cuo)
36. Army (E-jer-ci-to)

See also:

• Words esdrújulas
• Esdrújulas words separated into syllables
• Words esdrújulas without Tilde

Examples of overdriven words

1. Agilely (Á-gile-mind-te)
2. Meekly (Do-cil-mind-te)
3. Explain it to me (Ex-plí-baloney)
4. Tell me (Cuén-ta-me-lo)
5. Take it away (I took-come-to-it)

See also:

• Words sobreesdrújulas
• Words sobreesdrújulas (without accent)