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08:18 Jun 29, 2004
Spanish to English translations [PRO] Education / Pedagogy
Explanation: palabra aguda = word with the stress on the last syllable
palabra llana = word with the stress on the penultimate (i.e.second to last) syllable
No existen equivalentes en inglés salvo en perífrasis -o por lo menos no me acuerdo de haber encontrado tal términos en la universidad.
Sin embargo, existen los términos "oxytone" y "paroxytone" (tanto como "proparoxytone", pero creo que en inglés se utilizan con referencia al griego clásico.
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the title should read:
words with the stress on the last syllable and others (words) with the stress on the second to the last syllable.
words with the stress on the last syllable and others with the stress on the
Explanation: palabra aguda = word with the stress on the last syllable
palabra llana = word with the stress on the penultimate (i.e.second to last) syllable
No existen equivalentes en inglés salvo en perífrasis -o por lo menos no me acuerdo de haber encontrado tal términos en la universidad.
Sin embargo, existen los términos "oxytone" y "paroxytone" (tanto como "proparoxytone", pero creo que en inglés se utilizan con referencia al griego clásico.
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 31 mins (2004-06-29 08:49:47 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
the title should read:
words with the stress on the last syllable and others (words) with the stress on the second to the last syllable.
sassa Works in field Native speaker of: Greek, Spanish PRO pts in category: 12
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1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
words with the stress on the last or on the penultimate syllable
Explanation: 'Stress' is a more usual English word for 'tonic accent'.
Technically the penultimate syllable is called the 'penult' or 'penultima' (see Collins English Dictionary), but not many people would know it.
Incidentally, it's 'Spanish PHonetics'. This follows the rule that words derived from Greek words beginning with an aspirated P in Greek begin with F in Spanish but PH in English, which in turn illustrates how Spanish spelling gives more importance to phonology but English to etymology. (I've only added all this because you've indicated that you're a student.)
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Since my suggestion is at least as good as most of the others, I should have given it a confidence level of 5 too.
translatol Local time: 07:59 Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 47
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peer agreement (net): +2
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peer agreement (net): +1
