acentúa

Acentúa is a Spanish verb derived from the noun "acento," meaning accent or stress. As a verb, it signifies the act of placing an accent or stress on a particular syllable or word. This can refer to spoken language, where the emphasis on a syllable alters its pronunciation and meaning, or to written language, where diacritical marks like the tilde (´) are used to indicate stress or distinguish between homographs.

The verb "acentúa" can also be used metaphorically to describe emphasizing or highlighting something. For instance, one might say that certain actions "acentúan" a problem, meaning they make the problem more apparent or severe. In grammatical contexts, it describes the process of marking stress according to the rules of Spanish orthography. For example, the word "teléfono" is "acentuada" on the second-to-last syllable according to pronunciation rules, and this is indicated by the written accent mark. The conjugation of "acentúa" follows the regular "-ar" verb pattern in Spanish.