Stress / Accento Tonico
Usually, Italian words are stressed on the next–to–the–last syllable.
| amico | friend |
| foglia | leaf |
| Milano | Milan |
| nipote | nephew |
| padre | father |
| parlare | to speak |
| signorina | Miss |
| studiare | to study |
| telefonare | to telephone |
| uomo | man |
When the final –e 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.
| dottore | doctor |
| dottor Nardi | Doctor Nardi |
| professore | professor |
| professor Pace | professor Pace |
When words are stressed on the last vowel, they always have a written accent over that vowel.
