Acute Accent |
An acute accent means: the marked syllable is short and sharp, on a rising note or pitch.
On the last syllable of a word it is replaced by a grave unless followed by a punctuation mark or an enclitic (=word that leans on it). |
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on ultima (last syllable) |
bla-bla-bla-blá |
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on penult (last syllable but one) |
bla-bla-blá-bla |
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on antepenult (last syllable but two)
but only if the last syllable is short |
bla-blá-bla-bla |
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