How do you say 'quick' in Spanish?

Rápido, as in 'no leas tan rápido, marca la tilde de cada palabra.'

What does murciélago mean?

It means bat, the animal that flies at night and sleeps hanging upside down.

The stress falls on 'le', never on 'fo.'

Your niece hands you the list from her Spanish homework and asks you to read each word aloud so she can mark where the stress falls.

Mira, este es esdrújulo y por eso siempre lleva tilde.

Look, this one is esdrújulo, and that's why it always has an accent mark.

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esdrújulo/esˈdɾuxulo/
proparoxytoneadjective
Said with the stress on the third-from-last syllable, and always written with an accent mark.
sílaba/ˈsilaba/
syllablenoun
Each beat of voice into which a word is divided when spoken.
médico/ˈmediko/
doctornoun
A person who studied medicine and treats sick people.
teléfono/teˈlefono/
telephonenoun
A device used to talk to someone who is far away.
página/ˈpaxina/
pagenoun
Each of the sides of a sheet in a book or a notebook.
número/ˈnumeɾo/
numbernoun
A sign or word used to count how many things there are.
rápido/ˈrapido/
quicklyadverb
In a short time and at great speed.
brújula/ˈbɾuxula/
compassnoun
A device with a needle that always points north.
murciélago/muɾˈsjelaɡo/
batnoun
An animal that flies at night and sleeps hanging upside down.
próximo/ˈpɾoksimo/
nextadjective
Coming right after in time or in order.

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Mira, este es esdrújulo y por eso siempre lleva tilde.
Look, this one is esdrújulo, and that's why it always has an accent mark.
Dime en cuál sílaba cae la fuerza de esta palabra.
Tell me which syllable this word's stress falls on.
La palabra médico también lleva tilde en la primera sílaba.
The word médico also has an accent mark on the first syllable.
Ahora repite teléfono despacio y marca dónde suena más fuerte.
Now say teléfono slowly and mark where it sounds strongest.
Pásame la página donde vienen las palabras de la tarea.
Pass me the página with the homework words on it.
¿En qué número de la lista de tu tarea vas?
What número on your homework list are you up to?
No leas tan rápido, marca la tilde de cada palabra.
Don't read so rápido, mark the accent of each word.
Anota brújula en tu cuaderno y subraya la tilde con rojo.
Write down brújula in your notebook and underline the accent mark in red.
Ahora lee murciélago en voz alta y marca la fuerza.
Now read murciélago out loud and mark the stress.
En el próximo ejercicio tienes que separar cada palabra en sílabas.
In the próximo exercise you have to split each word into syllables.

esdrújulo/esˈdɾuxulo/
The j sounds like a strong jota, from the back of the throat; the stress falls on 'dru'.
teléfono/teˈlefono/
The stress falls on 'le', never on 'fo'.
página/ˈpaxina/
The g before i sounds like a jota: pá-ji-na.
rápido/ˈrapido/
The r at the start is trilled, with several taps of the tongue.
brújula/ˈbɾuxula/
The stress falls on 'brú', at the start, and the j sounds like a strong jota.
murciélago/muɾˈsjelaɡo/
The c sounds like an s, and '-cié-' is a single syllable: that's where the stress falls, not on the a.
próximo/ˈpɾoksimo/
The x sounds like ks: pró-ksi-mo.

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How do you say 'quick' in Spanish?: Rápido, as in 'no leas tan rápido, marca la tilde de cada palabra.'
What does murciélago mean?: It means bat, the animal that flies at night and sleeps hanging upside down.
Which syllable is stressed in teléfono?: The stress falls on 'le', never on 'fo.'

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