Pronunciation of words with accents?

StuartC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Pronunciation of words with accents?

Hola,

It seems like all previously accented words, such as lámpara, pájaro drop the accent, so that pronunciation is on the penultimate syllable - pajarito, lamparita?

Is that the case and are there any exceptions?

Gracias,

Asked 4 years ago
InmaKwiziq team member

Hola Stuart,

that's right, when using the suffix the original accent disappears. 

I can't think of any exceptions. They all drop the accent. All words using this suffix will be stressed on the penultimate syllable (no tilde needed)

Saludos

Inma

Pronunciation of words with accents?

Hola,

It seems like all previously accented words, such as lámpara, pájaro drop the accent, so that pronunciation is on the penultimate syllable - pajarito, lamparita?

Is that the case and are there any exceptions?

Gracias,

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