Spanish word stress

Words that contain more then one syllable need a stress on one of them. Below a table with the rules that apply to that.
Words that end on a s, n or vowel stress falls on the second last syllable	Words that end on a consonant (not s or n) stress falls on the last syllable	Words with an acute accent on a vowel stress falls on the syllable with the accent
banco dentista viven libros señora persona	bruñir Madrid señor ordenador cantar tambor	teléfono también Córdoba información Málaga fácilmente

In Spanish, the vowels are pronounced 'short' (calamares). Most Spanish words contain syllables with just one vowel, like 'ver-dad' and 'can-tar'. Many words also contain syllables with two vowels, like 'hie-lo' and 'rui-do'. If in that case the vowels have to be pronounced together, you speak of Diptongo, like 'ciu-dad', but when they have to be pronounced separately, you speak of Hiato, like 'te-a-tro'. The distinction between a diptongo or hiato is determined by the vowels: the weak or closed (débil o cerrada) i and u, and the strong or open (fuerte o abierta) a, o and e. The table below determines if a word contains a diptongo or hiato. (The character H between two vowels has no effect in this).
DIPTONGO (not separated)			HIATO (separated)
Weak vowel i, u	+	Weak vowel i, u	Strong vowel a, o, e	+	Strong vowel a, o, e
ciudad (ciu-dad) viudo (viu-do) ruido (rui-do) incluido (in-clui-do)			teatro (te-a-tro) caer (ca-er) correo (co-rre-o) poeta (po-e-ta)
Weak i, u	+	Strong a, o, e	Weak with acute accent í, ú	+	Weak a, o, e
aire (ai-re) auto (au-to) reino (rei-no) viaje (via-je) nieve (nie-ve) escuela (es-cue-la) huevos (hue-vos) ahumado (ahu-ma-do)			raíz (ra-íz) país (pa-ís) egoísta (e-go-ís-ta) sandía (san-dí-a) flúor (flú-or) frío (frí-o) tenía (te-ní-a) búho (bú-ho)

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