esdrújulo
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian sdrucciolo.
Adjective
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esdrújulo (feminine singular esdrújula, masculine plural esdrújulos, feminine plural esdrújulas)
- Of a word whose antepenultimate (third to last) syllable is stressed: proparoxytone.
Usage notes
- In Spanish orthography, such words all have an accent written over the stressed vowel.
Derived terms
- sobreesdrújulo, sobresdrújulo : stress on the preantepenultimate (fourth to last) syllable
- palabra esdrújula : a word with this stress
- verso esdrújulo : verse with this stress pattern
Related terms
- palabra aguda : stress on the last syllable
- palabra llana, palabra grave, palabra paroxítona : stress on the penultimate (second to last) syllable
- palabra esdrújula : stress on the antepenultimate (third to last) syllable
- palabra sobresdrújula : stress on the preantepenultimate (fourth to last) syllable
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