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Stress
The emphasis through loudness of a syllable in a word.
The „Natural“ Stress
The “natural” stress in Spanish is the loudness that is placed on a particular
syllable in the word if there are no accent marks in the word.
The „Natural“ Stress
The “natural” stress of the word “casa” is in the first syllable “ca”.
This is also the “next-to-last syllable” because the word has two syllables.
CAsa
The „Natural“ Stress
The “natural” stress of the word is the “next-to-last syllable” no matter
what vowel the word ends in…
CAsa CAse
CAsi CAso
The „Natural“ Stress
The “natural” stress of the word is the “next-to-last syllable” no matter what vowel the word ends in and no matter
how many syllables the word has.
entreVISta elefANte
PApi herMOso
The „Natural“ Stress
The “natural” stress of the word “casa” remains on the syllable “ca” even if an “n” or an “s” is added to
the word!
CAsa
CAsan CAsas
The „Natural“ Stress
The “natural” stress of the word is the “next-to-last syllable” for all
words ending in “n” or “s”.
entreVIStan elefANtes
exAMen herMOsos
The „Natural“ Stress
The “natural” stress of the word is the “next-to-last syllable” for all words
ending in a vowel, an “n” or “s”.
CAsa CAseCAsi CAso
entreVIStan elefANtesexAMen herMOsos
The „Natural“ Stress
The “natural” stress of the word is the “last syllable” for all words that DO NOT
end in a vowel, an “n” or “s”.
usTED casARseÑOR reLOJ
estudianTIL habLARreguLAR universiDAD
The Accent Mark for Stress
If a syllable is stressed that does NOT get the “natural” stress, then the vowel in
that syllable has to have an accent mark.
NÚmeroautoBÚS FÁcil
diFÍcil perdÓNLÁpiz inglÉS
