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accento

accent, stress

noun ah-CHEN-toh Rare

Origin: Latin accentus (tone, stress)

Also means

accent mark (written)

Usage Note

Accento covers both the spoken stress on a syllable and a foreign or regional accent (parla con accento straniero). It also refers to written accent marks: accento acuto (´) and accento grave (`). It is masculine: l'accento. The plural accenti can mean regional speech features collectively.

Examples

"Ha un forte accento meridionale."

Natural Translation

He has a strong southern accent.

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