Spanish tildes/acentos/accents

acento

voiced stress

agudas

words with voiced stress (acento) on last syllable

graves

words with voiced stress (acento) on second to last syllable

esdrújulas

words with voiced stress (acento) on third to last syllable or beyond

sobreesdrújulas

words with voiced stress (acento) beyond third to last syllable

diphthongs

two vowels together

triphthongs

three vowels together

strong vowels

a, e, o

weak vowels

i, u

diacritic words

words spelled the same but have different function in a sentence

agudas that end in what require an accent?

n, s, or a vowel

graves that end in what require an accent?

a consonant except n or s

esdrújulas that end in what require an accent?

ALL require accents

-includes words with added pronouns

-includes words with suffixes (mente and isimo)

When do diphthongs and triphthongs require an accent?

TO STRESS A WEAK VOWEL

How do you distinguish between diacritic words?

one of them is accented