Spanish

Adjective

esdrújulo m ‎(feminine singular esdrújula, masculine plural esdrújulos, feminine plural esdrújulas)

1. 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