Stress / Accento Tonico

Usually, Italian words are stressed on the next?Cto?Cthe?Clast syllable.

amicofriendfoglialeafMilanoMilannipotenephewpadrefatherparlareto speaksignorinaMissstudiareto studytelefonareto telephoneuomoman

When the final ?Ce is dropped from a word, as happens with some masculine titles when they are directly followed by a proper name, the position of the stress remains unchanged.

dottoredoctordottor NardiDoctor Nardiprofessoreprofessorprofessor Paceprofessor Pace

When words are stressed on the last vowel, they always have a written accent over that vowel.

cioènamelycittàcityperchèbecauseperòhowevertassìtaxiuniversitàuniversityvenerdìFridayvirtùvirtue

It is useful to remember that open e and o occur only in stressed syllables.

automobileautomobilemedicophysiciannobilenobletelefonotelephone

Note: The written accent is used with a few monosyllables in order to distinguish them from others that have the same spelling but a different meaning.

dàgivesdafromèiseandlàtherelathe; it; hernénornesomeséhimself, herselfseifsìyessioneself