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acento.

accent (mark to indicate accent)

6 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/aˈsẽ.tu/Brazil/ɐˈsẽ.tu/Portugal
  1. accent (mark to indicate accent)

    masculine
  2. stress (emphasis put on a syllable)

    masculine
  3. accent (voice inflection)

    masculine
  4. accent (characteristic way of speaking, usually of a region)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- Proto-Indo-European *kh₂néti Proto-Italic *kanō Latin canō Latin accinō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus ▲ Ancient Greek προσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōidĭ́ā)calq. Latin accentuslbor. Portuguese acento Learned borrowing from Latin accentus.

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