

- syllable
- sílaba f
- I explained it to him in words of one syllable
- se lo expliqué en forma más que clara


- cuarteta
- quatrain (with lines of eight syllables)
- pie quebrado
- line of four or five syllables
- cuatrisílabo (cuatrisílaba)
- four-syllable attr
- sílaba
- syllable
- monosilábico (monosilábica)
- one-syllable attr
- monosilábico (monosilábica)
- single-syllable attr
- dodecasílabo (dodecasílaba)
- twelve-syllable attr
- bisílabo (bisílaba)
- two-syllable attr
- trisílabo (trisílaba)
- three-syllable attr
- arte mayor
- verse form in which a line has more than eight syllables


- syllable
- sílaba f
- stressed/unstressed syllable
- sílaba tónica/átona
- not a syllable 引
- ni media palabra


- sílaba
- syllable
- sílaba aguda
- stressed syllable
- de dos sílabas
- two-syllable
- bisílabo (-a)
- two-syllable
- esdrújulo (-a)
- with the accent falling on the third-last syllable: e.g., ‘esdrújulo’, ‘número’
- agudo (-a)
- stressed on the last syllable
- palabra grave
- word whose stress falls on the penultimate syllable
- el acento cae en la primera sílaba
- the stress falls on the first syllable


- syllable
- sílaba f
- stressed/unstressed syllable
- sílaba tónica/átona
- not a syllable 引
- ni media palabra


- sílaba
- syllable
- sílaba aguda
- stressed syllable
- de dos sílabas
- two-syllable
- bisílabo (-a)
- two-syllable
- el acento cae en la primera sílaba
- the stress falls on the first syllable