Accent is a graphic symbol used to mark the stressed syllables of some words.
In fact, all words with more than two syllables have accents, however there are prosodic accents, which are the “sound accents”, that is, they do not appear in the writing of the word, but the syllable is pronounced with the syllabic intonation.
Graphic accents, on the other hand, appear in some words and serve to identify the type of intonation of a given syllable.
In Portuguese, the main types of graphic accents are:
- Acute Accent (á): this accent is normally used in vowels a, e, i, u, indicating that the stressed syllable must be read with open timbre. Example: “Pará”, “family” and “dictionary”.
- Circumflex accent (â): is a hit normally used in the vogue a, e, o, indicating that the stressed syllable must be read with the timbre closed. Example: “academic”, “baby” and “tonic”.
- grave accent (à): used mainly to indicate the possibility of back-quoting in the letter “a”. Example: “à”, “at” or “at that”.
Seat and Seat
are words
homophone homonyms, that is, similar in pronunciation, but with different spelling and meanings.Seat refers to the suitable place to sit, such as a chair, bench or armchair, for example.
Accent, as already explained, consists of a graphic sign that indicates the tone of a syllable, defining the timbre, tone of voice or even the accent characteristic of a region.
Learn more about the meaning of homonymy.
