acento
Spanish, noun/aˈθento/
acento is spelled A-C-E-N-T-O (6 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,928th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acento is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “accent (typographical line)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Realce con que se pronuncia una sílaba, dándole mayor tono o relieve que las demás”.
What does acento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaccent (typographical line)
- 2
masculineaccent (variety of speech connected to a certain geographical region)
Su acento me es casi imposible de entender.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Realce con que se pronuncia una sílaba, dándole mayor tono o relieve que las demás. 2. Raya diagonal que se hace en ciertos casos sobre una vocal para indicar que debe ser pronunciada con mayor intensidad o para diferenciar una palabra de otra. 3. Entonación de la voz al hablar, o tono particular para indicar ciertas emociones o propósitos. 4. Manera de hablar y pronunciar característica de un individuo o región.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of acento
- acentos plural
- accento alternative archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acento?
- /aˈθento/
- [aˈθẽn̪.t̪o]
- /aˈsento/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is acento in Spanish?
acento appears 13 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).