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Acentuar Conjugation in Spanish

Learn acentuar, meaning to accentuate (to pronounce with vocal stress), through verified forms and contextual examples.

irregular-argerund: acentuandoparticiple: acentuado

What does acentuar mean?

acentuar means to accentuate (to pronounce with vocal stress) in English. It is a irregular -ar verb.

It can also be used with these related meanings: to accentuate (to mark with a written accent); to accentuate, to emphasize.

Principal forms of acentuar

Infinitive
acentuar
Gerund
acentuando
Past participle
acentuado

Acentuar conjugation table

Compare the present, preterite, imperfect, and future forms. Reflexive pronouns are included where the verb requires them.

PronounPresentPreteriteImperfectFuture
yoacentúoacentuéacentuabaacentuaré
acentúasacentuasteacentuabasacentuarás
él / ella / ustedacentúaacentuóacentuabaacentuará
nosotros/asacentuamosacentuamosacentuábamosacentuaremos
ellos/as / ustedesacentúanacentuaronacentuabanacentuarán

Pattern notes

  • Its forms differ from a fully regular -ar pattern in the present.

Practice prompts

  1. Conjugate acentuar for yo in the present.
  2. Use the preterite form for ella.
  3. Say the nosotros/as imperfect form.
  4. Write a short sentence in the future.

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