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accent noun

  /-sənt/ , /-sɛnt/ , /ˈak.sənt/ , /ˈæk.sɛnt/ , /ˈɛk.sent/
  • (linguistics, sociolinguistics) The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect.
 acento, cantadito, cantito, deje, dejo, tonillo
  • A word; a significant tone or sound.
  • (prosody, poetry) Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
  • (music) A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.
  • (music) A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.
  • (music) A mark used to represent this special emphasis.The third and fourth symbols are accents (marks used to represent special emphasis in music).
  • (music) The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.
 acento
  • (orthography) A mark or character used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken accent, or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked.
 tilde, acento gráfico, acento
acento léxico, acentuación, dejillo, tonada, énfasis

accent verb

  /ækˈsɛnt/ , /ˈæk.sɛnt/
  • (transitive) To mark emphatically; to emphasize; to accentuate; to make prominent.
 acentuar

accented adjective

acentuado, con acento
acute accent
acento agudo, tilde
grave accent
acento grave, grave
pitch accent
acento musical, acentuación tonal / tónica
stress accent
acento prosódico, acentuación de intensidad
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