Proparoxytone Definition, Synonyms And Examples Of Sentences

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Proparoxytone Definition, Synonyms And Examples Of Sentences

Proparoxytone words are those whose stressed syllable (the one that is pronounced with greater emphasis ) is the penultimate. These types of words always have an accent . For example: I phone you, compass, cé lula. Therefore, for a word to be proparoxytone, it must have at least three syllables . For example:page, label , bird .

When do proparoxytone words have an accent?

According to the regulations, proparoxytone words always have an orthographic accent or tilde, regardless of the letter they end with. For example: number , very bad .

Watch out:In the case of proparoxytone words that correspond to adverbs ending in -mente , the accentuation of the adjective that originates them is maintained and the rule of always placing a tilde is rejected. For example:happily minded , swiftly minded, fully minded.

Examples of proparoxytone words

to bacchus	is skeptical _	stop thesis _
here de mico	it ‘s cute	priest _
to caustic _	this distic _	film _ _
to phonic _	ec stasy	p last _
scope _	fable _	expensive pee
rich me _	fanatical _ _	pyramid _ _
angle _	tico fan _	gunpowder _
to anonymous _	physics _	psychic _
anti biotic _	fo ra neo	chemistry _
Arabic _	geo graphic _	chemical _
trees _	geo logical _	fast _
area _	graphics _	re con dito
magic ring _	he gnaws	rectangle _ _
to the tico	heterogeneous _ _	re lam payment
broccoli _	hip hop drome	laugh say ass
warm _	homogeneous _ _	roman tic _
cameras _	humanistic _ _	saturday _
chaotic _ _	rustic smoke _	sar cas tico
cover _ _	Here I call	sa tan nico
ca tas trophy	dairy _	sa tea lites
cé lebre	tear _	I know stick
cen ti meter	li be lula	yes laba
ceramic _ _	logic _	nice guy _
circle _	logical _	have asses _
classic _	magical _	term _
comics _	machine _	I laughed at you
with yuge	my limit _	you unique
intercourse _	na no meter	last _
chronicles _	numbers _	u topic _
deficit _	obs ta as	go give it
of po sito	or i win	ver tice
drastic _	organ _	see you
echo logic _	ortho graph _	i saw bora
echo nomic _	or xy gen	vo myth
e army _	pale _	so say here

Sentences with proparoxytone words

The zoo is closed on Sundays.
The new car has an automatic gearbox .
The hiker lost his compass and no longer knew where to go.
I called you on the phone , but you didn’t answer.
The man has a sarcastic humor that not everyone understands.
The doctor told her to take an antibiotic .
The film was acclaimed by the public .
The young man bought a downtown apartment to live there during the week.
The last he heard from his friend was that he left town.
Many say that romantic love has gone out of style.
We must urgently reduce the consumption of plastics .
His reaction seemed completely logical to him .
Natural disasters often cannot be prevented.
The sailor went to live in a remote place .
Proparoxytone words are always accented.
The striker is the fastest player on his team.
I notice you a little pale , do you feel okay?
They found a warship at the bottom of the ocean .
The crowd cheered the popular idol .
The situation has become chaotic .

Sonority of proparoxytone words

The sonority of the proparoxytone words makes them used very frequently in poetry and music. Some poets, over time, have taken certain licenses to “play” with these kinds of words.

The song A tú , written and performed by the Catalan singer-songwriter Joan Manuel Serrat, is a clear example of this, since it presents a large number and variety of rhymes with these types of words. The first verses of this song are transcribed below with the proparoxytone words highlighted in bold:

To you who runs after success , movieexecutive ,

aggressive and energetic man with politicalambitions .To you who are a practical

man and live in a downtown apartment , watering plasticflowers

and listening to the phone .

To you who know numbersand appear on more than one payroll ,

who are already quite a fanatic ,with a solid position .