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DEFINITIONS & GLOSSARY

Each subject on this page is given a brief dictionary definition. A full explanation may be viewed by clicking on the subject. Definitions are given bearing in mind the particular needs of the student of Spanish.


Adverbs - A word which describes or gives additional information about a verb, adjective or another adverb.

Accents

Articles

Clauses (Relative Clause)

Conjugations

Consonants

Diaeresis - Sp. Dieresis - An accent comprising two dots placed over a vowel to indicate it is pronounced separately, as in naïve or lingüista (pronounced lingwista). From the Greek diairesis 'separation'.

Diphthongs

Elision - The omission of a sound or syllable in speech - joining or merging sounds. From the Latin elidere 'crush out'. See also: Sinalepha.

Epithets

Euphony

Infinitives

Modifiers

Nouns

Objects

Participles

Parts of Speech

Person - Description of the different people in a conversation. i.e. first person (I), second person (you), third person (he, she, it).

Predicators

Prepositions

Pronouns

Sentences

Sinalepha -
Sp. Sinalefa - The blending into a single syllable of two successive vowels of different words or syllables. e.g. 'la˜idoma' - See also: Elision.

Stress & The Acute Accent - Where the emphasis falls within a word or sentence. In English there are no written rules. In Spanish, however, there are strict rules of stress.

Subjects

Syllables

Tense

Triphthongs

Verbs - A verb is a word that indicates the action of a sentence. Not necessarily a physical action but also a mental action or a condition/state. Any word in front of which "to" can be placed.


 

 
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