{"id":15524,"date":"2015-11-11T11:10:13","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T02:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/?p=15524"},"modified":"2025-08-31T16:44:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T07:44:55","slug":"le-parole-sdrucciole-stress-italian-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/le-parole-sdrucciole-stress-italian-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Le parole sdrucciole &#8211; the stress on Italian words."},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>The stress on Italian words can be on different syllables. Let&#8217;s learn different scenarios and rules.<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>Accento piano.<\/strong> (plain stress)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The vast majority of Italian words has the stress on the penultimate syllable, hence the musical cadence of our language. If you have doubts on a word and need to guess, that&#8217;s the easiest way to go. <em>&#8211; e.g &#8211; Lav<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>o<\/strong><\/span>ro, Mat<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>i<\/strong><\/span>ta, Spagh<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>e<\/strong><\/span>tti, Vac<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>a<\/strong><\/span>nza&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>Accento sdrucciolo. <\/strong>(third to last)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The stress is on the <em>terzultima sillaba<\/em>, third to last, and it&#8217;s not uncommon. There are rules helping us to identify this family of words. Please see below. <em>&#8211; e.g. &#8211; N<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>u<\/strong><\/span>vola, D<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>a<\/strong><\/span>vide, N<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>a<\/strong><\/span>poli, G<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>o<\/strong><\/span>mito &#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>Accento tronco.<\/strong> (truncated stress)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The stress is on the last syllable. In this case, we have to write it. Some words are: <em>citt<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>\u00e0<\/strong><\/span>, perch<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>\u00e9<\/strong><\/span>, vanit<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>\u00e0<\/strong><\/span>, caff<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>\u00e8<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In some rare cases, the stress can fall on the fourth or fifth to last syllable.<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Le parole sdrucciole<\/h1>\n<p>The most confusing and consistent group of words after the <em>parole piane<\/em> is the <em>parole<\/em>\u00a0<em>sdrucciole<\/em>, with the stress on the third to last syllable. We can identify some predictable patterns typical of the <em>sdrucciole<\/em> words.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>Nouns and adjectives ending in -abile, -aceo, -evole, -ibile, -ilico, -ognolo, -oide, -esimo:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>e.g. &#8211; mangiabile, violaceo, confortevole, impossibile, basilico, verdognolo, celluloide, undicesimo.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>Words ending in -agine, -aggine, -edine, -igine, -iggine, -udine, -uggine:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>e.g. voragine, stupidaggine, salsedine, origine, lentiggine, solitudine, ruggine.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>Words or Greek origin ending in -cefalo, -crate, -gamo, -geno, -mane, -stato, -ttero:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>e.g. macrocefalo, burocrate, poligamo, ansiogeno, megalomane, termostato, elicottero.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>Words of Latin origin ending in -fero, -fugo,-pede, -voro:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>e.g. calorifero, ignifugo, palmipede, carnivoro.<\/p>\n<p>Experience will help you to understand and remember when the stress is not <em>piano.<\/em> If you have questions, get in touch with comments or email. Thanks for reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The stress on Italian words can be on different syllables. Let&#8217;s learn different scenarios and rules. Accento piano. (plain stress) The vast majority of Italian words has the stress on the penultimate syllable, hence the musical cadence of our language. 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