+150 examples of SERIOUS words with tilde and without tilde

the serious words are those that have the strongest accent on the penultimate syllable of the word. These types of words can be accented or not, depending on their behavior against the accentuation rules of the Spanish language.

In this lesson from a TEACHER we want to give you some andExamples of serious words with accent and without accent, so you can see the difference and learn to write them correctly.

Index

1. When are grave words accentuated?
2. Examples of serious words with tilde
3. Examples of serious words without accents
4. Serious word stress exercises
5. Solutions of the exercises of accentuation of the serious words

The serious words are also known as plain words and are characterized by having the accent on the penultimate of the word, such as "mouthgavello". The syllable "di" is the one with the strongest voice punch when we pronounce the word.

That the stress of a word is on a specific syllable, in this case the penultimate, does not necessarily mean that it has an accent. But

Serious words will only be accented if they do not end in n, s and vowel.

• For example, the word "tomato" will not be accented because YES ending in e, s or vowel. In this case it ends with the letter "e"
• Another example is the word "character" which is accented because NOT ends in n, s or vowel. In this case it ends with the letter "r".

Exceptions that prove the rule

They exist only two exceptions in which serious words will not be accentuated following the rules that we have just taught you.

1- All those plain words that end in "s" will have an accent mark, as long as the letter before it is a consonant.

Some examples of this exception are the following:

• Afirkaans
• biceps
• triceps
• clarens
• forceps
• masters
• princes

2- The second exception It has to do with the vowels that make up the word. All those serious words that contain a hiatus from open vowel to close vowel on the strong syllable. That is, if you find a hiatus in the strong syllable of the word grave, the first thing you should check is if it is formed by an open vowel and followed by a closed vowel.

In case the closed vowel is the strong one, this plain word will accentuate, although it does not follow the general rules of spelling.

Some examples of this exception are the following:

• forbids
• accentuates
• Mary
• passerby
• they act
• owl
• I forbid
• self-conscious
• cohibo
• Raul
• seoul
• abstracted
• aphonia
• agony
• piggy bank
• company
• day
• River
• archaism
• distracted
• drop
• caffeine
• heroin
• listless
• Dadaism
• selfish
• Elijah
• gum
• fluorine
• coffin
• you read
• would you play
• laism
• leism
• Hindus
• coffins
• root
• corn
• estate
• country
• countries
• Energy
• policeman
• happiness
• bay
• He said
• cockatoo
• crane
• trio
• duo
• poetry
• slept
• orthography
• extracted
• apology
• Shipping
• demanded
• watermelon
• would do
• would
• surgery
• would eat
• master's degree
• breeding
• directed
• category
• will
• lattice
• paradise
• commodity
• possessed
• shy away
• meow
• howl
• laugh
• geology
• jewelry
• fry
• smile
• hear
• philosophy
• abbey
• child
• ear

The best way to understand a lesson is looking at some examples, since in this way your brain will get used to seeing the words well written and it will not be so difficult for you not to make spelling mistakes.

we leave you with some examples of serious words with tilde. That means that they have the stress on the penultimate syllable of the word and it does NOT end in n, s or a vowel.

• Abstracted
• Distracted
• rheas
• accentuate
• I would double
• Nectar
• welcomed
• Docile
• Nestor
• take action
• Dollar
• would observe
• Aerobics
• Dominguez
• Onyx
• Aphonia
• slept
• Orography
• Agile
• Duo
• Oscar
• Agony
• Ecology
• Perez
• Album
• Selfish
• podium
• piggy bank
• Elegy
• I might
• Happiness
• Elijah
• Poetry
• haughtiness
• emergy
• Policeman
• Amber
• Gum
• Polyester
• Analogy
• shrank
• pumice
• Angel
• Energy
• Anthology
• Oenology
• poker
• Apology
• Enriquez
• Portable
• Apoplexy
• would send
• Poster
• Tree
• preferred
• Archaism
• Sterile
• hero
• Asp
• I would study
• protected
• Car
• Ether
• Psychology
• Sugar
• ethology
• Pubescent
• Baez Demanded
• Boxer
• Bay
• would explain
• Estate
• Hubbub
• Easy
• Ramirez
• Benitez
• ugliness
• would receive
• Biceps
• felix
• picked up
• biology
• Femur
• Record
• Bitters
• I would film
• re-election
• broccoli
• Philosophy
• rule
• Bunker
• pretended
• laughed
• stock market
• Fluorine
• I would repeat
• Cockatoo
• Forceps
• would result
• Corpse
• Formaldehyde
• resurfaced
• Cadiz
• Fragile
• Stir
• Chalice
• Soccer
• Rimac
• Camaraderie
• Lock pick
• River
• Cancer
• geology
• Rodriguez
• Character
• Gomez
• I would pose
• Cardez
• would record
• roared
• Sign
• Crane
• Sanchez
• Catheter
• Gutierrez
• Watermelon
• cebaria
• Skilled
• Seism
• Would do
• Would
• locksmith
• Hector
• Simile
• Cease
• Henriquez
• I would dream

we leave you with some Examples of serious words that do not have an accent. That means that they have the stress on the penultimate syllable of the word and it DOES end in n, s or a vowel.

• standard bearer
• Chef
• Desk
• Abandoned
• Quilt
• Backpack
• Fan
• Canine
• Sample
• crowded
• Colombia
• move
• groceries
• Weasel
• Clouds
• Supply
• Eat
• Foggy
• Bee
• What
• Eyes
• Abortive
• Buy
• Waves
• Abrasive
• Computer
• Belly button
• Coat
• Incantation
• order
• Absolute
• consume
• Organize
• Grandma
• Run
• Bear
• Grandfather
• correct
• Panther
• Haulage
• Short
• For
• Conditioned
• Curtains
• Talking
• Watercolor
• Notebook
• freckles
• Aquarium
• Picture
• Fish
• Accused
• How much
• Chest
• Administrative
• Spoon
• Hair
• Ornament
• Knife
• Pear
• Customs
• Neck
• Pear
• Adult
• Bill
• Fragrance
• Adult
• clutter
• Dog
• Adults
• Tooth
• Tabs
• Water
• Disk
• Stone
• Air
• Sunday
• Leg
• Sewer
• Elephant
• Paintwork
• Rug
• Elephant
• Pisces
• stores
• Business
• Griddle
• Pillow
• Plug
• Planet
• Yellow
• Anger
• plan
• Amazon
• Salad
• Beach
• Analyze
• scorpio
• Feather
• stunned
• Writes
• Places
• Before
• Waiting
• bean
• annular
• Stadium
• Port
• Sand
• Esteem
• Who
• Argentina
• stars
• Branch
• Reef
• Structure
• Receives
• assume
• study
• write up
• Attentive
• dumbfounded
• Rule
• Wasp
• Eugenics
• T-shirt
• Balance
• Eugenia
• Resume
• Banana
• Figure
• Check out
• Banana
• Skinny
• Rhino
• Bank
• Invoice
• Rock
• Flock
• Fruit
• break
• Bandit
• Source
• Clothing
• Bath
• galaxies
• rosary beads
• Banker
• Won
• Greetings
• Boot
• gases
• Holy
• snack
• Cat
• I laughed
• Boat
• Genius
• signs
• Good
• Fat
• Chair
• Scarf
• Guitar
• surprised
• Search
• Worm
• Luck
• Horse
• Ants
• overlaps
• Hair
• Ingenuity
• Arises
• Wire
• He tried
• Tamarind
• cheeks
• Giraffe
• Covered
• Hip
• Play
• Keyboard
• Footwear
• Thursday
• keys
• Bed
• Temperature
• Hike
• Juice
• Thermos
• T-shirt
• Brick
• Nipple
• T-shirt
• Milk
• land
• Sweet potato
• Book
• Turntable
• Countryside
• Cleaning
• Taking
• Capricorn
• It's raining
• Silly
• Expensive
• Rain
• Trap
• Shoal
• Mole
• Rag
• Carmen
• Monday
• Universe
• File
• Teacher
• Cow
• Eyebrows
• Bad
• Cup
• monkey
• Send
• sell
• Jacket
• Butter
• Come on
• Chili
• Apple
• Vicuna
• Corn
• Marian
• Friday
• Heaven
• Tuesday
• Volume
• Nail
• Hammer
• Flight
• Sewer
• Mate
• flights
• Kitchen room
• Half
• Shoes
• Kitchen room
• memorize
• Shoe

Next, we present you a couple of exercises so that you can put into practice everything you have learned in this lesson. In case you are not very clear about how to write a word, you can always back to theory that we have given you in the first section or compare that word with one of the ones you have in the examples.

Remember that to know if a serious word is accented, you should pay attention to how the word ends complete and identify if this ending coincides with n, s or vowel.

Exercise 1

From each of the rows of words that we propose below, you must identify which is the pserious word that should have an accent. You can point to it or write it next to it:

• prisoner - jail - bars - dream
• mass - priest - choir - chalice
• date - banana - pear - grapefruit
• sheet - folder - album - folio
• archangel - heaven - saint - sing
• head - body - chest - legs
• chief - consul - queen - counselor
• apple - plant - sugar - lime
• field - grass - match - game
• story - story - comic - magazine

Exercise 2

We leave you with a text, but be careful! Because we have deleted all the accents of the plain words. Your job will be to identify which words in this excerpt are serious and which of them need to have a tilde.

"Alice had seen a clever rabbit run, and she decided to follow it. Upon entering the burrow, she felt how she fell and fell without stopping, until landing on a pile of dry leaves. She had entered Wonderland, and strange things happened. There was a cat that smiled and only saw its white teeth, and a caterpillar that said strange things, and a mad hatter that served tea. Not to mention the queen of hearts, that she was like a leader in that country"

Once you have finished doing the exercises that we have proposed, you can check if you have found the solutions correctly, in this section. We recommend that you try the exercises yourself before consult the solutions, because it is the best way to learn a lesson and that it is recorded in your mind.

Solutions of exercise 1

These are the solutions of exercise 1 accentuation of serious words. We have marked on bold font the word that should be accented and we have written it correctly.

• prisoner - jail - bars - dream
• mass - priest - choir - chalice
• date - banana - pear - grapefruit
• sheet - folder - album - Invoice
• archangel - sky - holy - they sing
• head - body - chest - legs
• boss - consul - queen - adviser
• apple - plant - sugar - lime
• countryside - grass - party - game
• story - story - comic - magazine

Solutions of exercise 2

We leave you the text of exercise 1 corrected. All serious words have their corresponding accent and we have marked them on bold font so you can easily find them.

"Alice had seen a clever rabbit run, and she decided to follow him. As she entered the burrow, she felt herself falling and falling without stopping, until she landed on a pile of dry leaves. She had entered Wonderland, and strange things happened. There was a cat that smiled and only showed its white teeth, and a caterpillar that said strange things, and a mad hatter that served tea. Not to mention the queen of hearts, that she was like a leader in that country"

We hope that this lesson has helped you to see some examples of serious words that are written with accent or without accent. If you are interested in continuing to learn more about this or a similar topic, do not hesitate to consult our spelling section.

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• SPANISH-SPEAKERS, A. AND. Espinosa, Gonzalo Eduardo National University of Comahue/CONICET.
• Masias Nunez, R. (2008). Serious words, rebellious words-lexicon of social science research. Universidad de los Andes, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Political Science, Universidad de los Andes Editions.