Spanish Word Stress

Which syllable would be stressed in the following word? (capitalized syllable is the one with stress)
UVAS

• U-vas
• u-VAS

Which syllable would be stressed in the following word? (capitalized syllable is the one with stress)
MARTES

• mar-TES
• MAR-tes

Which syllable would be stressed in the following word? (capitalized syllable is the one with stress)
DOMINGO

• DO-min-go
• do-MIN-go
• do-min-GO

Which syllable would be stressed in the following word? (capitalized syllable is the one with stress)
básico (note that there is an accent on the "a")

• BA-si-co
• ba-SI-co
• ba-si-CO

Which syllable would be stressed in the following word? (capitalized syllable is the one with stress)
ALREDEDOR

• AL-re-de-dor
• al-RE-de-dor
• al-re-DE-dor
• al-re-de-DOR

Which syllable would be stressed in the following word? (capitalized syllable is the one with stress)
MARCADOR

• MAR-ca-dor
• mar-CA-dor
• mar-ca-DOR

Which syllable would be stressed in the following word? (capitalized syllable is the one with stress)
árbol (note there is an accent over the "a")

• AR-bol
• ar-BOL

Which syllable would be stressed in the following word? (capitalized syllable is the one with stress)
VERACRUZ

• VE-ra cruz
• ve-RA-cruz
• ve-ra-CRUZ

Which syllable would be stressed in the following word? (capitalized syllable is the one with stress)
explicación (note there is an accent over the "o")

• EX-pli-ca-cion
• ex-PLI-ca-cion
• ex-pli-CA-cion
• ex-pli-ca-CION

Which syllable would be stressed in the following word? (capitalized syllable is the one with stress)
ESTUPENDO

• ES-tu-pen-do
• es-TU-pen-do
• es-tu-PEN-do
• es-tu-pen-DO