Salute, Jonathan!/Grammar (accent)

Accent (word stress) The main rule to remember is that primary stress is on the vowel before the last consonant. +WordLast consonantStresspensaspénsapensarrpensáramamámaamarramáramoreramóre The syllables bil, ic, im, and ul take the accent on the preceding syllable. In addition, the plural -s and the two syllables men and um at the end of words do not change the stress of the preceding part of the word. +WordMeaningStressregulrulerégulmaximummaximummáximumamabillovelyamábilnarcoticnarcoticnarcóticpersonespeoplepersónesrapidmenrapidlyrapídmen Certain endings like -tá and -ería have a written accent, in which case this becomes the accent for the word. And some words have an accent of their own due to reasons such as internationality. +WordNormal stressWith endingStress without accent would have been...amabilamábilamabilitáamabilítavitrevítrevitreríavitrériacafécáfe