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acentuación

Spanish, noun/aθentwaˈθjon/

acentuación is spelled A-C-E-N-T-U-A-C-I-Ó-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 50,132nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acentuación is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “accentuation, stress” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de acentuar”.

What does acentuación mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineaccentuation, stress

  2. 2

    feminineaccent marks

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Acción o efecto de acentuar.

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 acentuación

  • acentuaciones plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce acentuación?

  • /aθentwaˈθjon/
  • [a.θẽn̪.t̪waˈθjõn]
  • /asentwaˈsjon/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to acentuación

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is acentuación in Spanish?

acentuación appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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