Author:
Laura McKinney
Date Of Creation:
8 August 2021
Update Date:
11 May 2024
Content
Syllables can be classified into two groups: stressed syllables and unstressed syllables. Known as stressed syllable to the syllable that receives the stress in relation to the other syllables within a word.
These syllables may or may not have a written accent (tilde):
- Accentuation with tilde. For example: excursion, subordination, bird, bat.
- Phonetic or prosodic accentuation. For example: friendship, buy, gift, park, sight, lead, dungeon
The unstressed syllable or unstressed syllable, is one in which the prosodic accent of a word does not fall. Thus, it is common for a word to have more than one unstressed syllable (if it is an esdrújula or sobredrújula word) but it can only have one stressed syllable.
For example:Ex - cur - sion (example with tilde), to my - tad (example without accent mark).
- See more: Atonic syllables.
Examples of stressed syllables with prosodic accent
- To my - tad
- TO - pu - ro
- Ar - pa
- Bi - blio - tea - ca
- Bi - lle - tea
- Ca - be - llo
- AC - lle
- Ca - my - I know - ta
- Can - you - na
- Expensive - cabbage
- Car - te - you - ra
- Co - lum - cheep
- Eat - dor
- Co - me - gives
- Com - pu - ta - do - ra
- With - be - heh
- Cre - ma - lle - ra
- What - der - no
- From - dal
- Of - tri - men - to
- Dis - fraz
- In - fren - tar
- It is - three - lla
- Fa - cul - tad
- Flo - res
- He has - blah - we
- He has - cer
- Hom - bre
- Li - bro
- Lin - ter - na
- Mari - po - sa
- More - co - ta
- Men - gave - go
- Mo - ne - gives
- Mu - jer
- Na - ran - ha
- Obs - cu - ri - dad
- OR - lla
- Or - den
- Pa - na - from - ro
- Pen - sa - while - to
- Pen - ta - gra - ma
- Puer - ta
- Pul - I know - ra
- Re - loj
- Re - vol - see
- Sor - pre - sa
- Tem - blor
- Come - ta - na
- You see - you - do
Examples of stressed syllables with tilde
- Ac - né
- TO - é - convict
- Al - bon - say - ga
- To the - boom
- A.M - Pub
- TO - one thousand - car
- An - dró - gi - no
- A - ni - ma - tion
- An - you - pa - you - co
- Ar - bowl
- Bal - with
- Bi - from
- Bo - li - gra - fo
- Bo - tin
- Gra - me - ne - ace
- Bo - you - who
- Bru - th - the
- Bus - what
- Can - tion
- Cli - ma - ti - za - tion
- Com - pu - ta - tion
- Co - mu - neither - ca - se - lo
- Cuén - ta - me - lo
- Gave - fy - cil
- E - jer - ci - to
- Ex - bread - Zion
- Ex - plo - Zion
- Faith - nix
- Fo - to - gra - trust
- He - li - ce
- Mo - no - gra - trust
- He - li - cop - you - ro
- Pre - tea - ri - to
- Jar - dín
- You - gí - you - mo
- Li - mon
- Ló - gi - co
- Ma - xi - mo
- Me - llón
- Me - ra - me
- Or - to - gra - fy - to
- Pa - tin
- Pen - SW
- By - you - co
- Prés - ta - me - lo
- Its - bi - to
- I - I - I saw - Zion
- Tea - rrá - what - or
- Úl - you - mo
- Go - hi - what - what