On What Syllable is the Italian Word Accented?

Italian Language, words accented on third from last syllable

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Most Italian words are stressed on the second to last syllable:
fuoco
Roma

An accent mark is written in words that are stressed on the last syllable:
città
difficoltà

There are many words stressed on the third from last syllable, or even the fourth from last. The problem is that no accent is written on these words. We have written them here with an accent mark so that you can learn them.
ábito clothing
álbero tree
aéreo airplane
América
áncora anchor (note: ancóra = still)
anniversário
anónimo
antipático unpleasant
automóbile car
aútobus
bússola compass
cámera bedroom
cápitano they fall (note: capitáno captain)
capítolo chapter
cárcere prison (M)
catástrofe
cattólico
cívile
códice code, as in civil code (law)
cómodo comfortable
cóllera anger
crédito
décimo tenth
diffícile difficult
dimenticábile forgettable
dódici 12
época epoch, age
esército army
éssere
éstero foreign
étnico
fácile easy
fantástico
favorévole favorable
fiammífero match
fotógrafo
génere type, kind, sort
geógrafo geographer
geológico
gióvane adjective: young
gráfico
immágine image
indágine investigation
ipócrita hypocrite
lámpada lamp
léttera
líbero free (not restrained)
médico doctor
micrófono
móbile furniture
moltíssimo
névica
nóbile
ócchio
óccupa
onomástico name day
onorévole honorable
óperano they work
órdine
óspite host, guest
organízzano they organize
óttimo best
página page
período
péssimo worst
píccolo small
piróscafo steamship
possíbile
póvero poor
probábile
psicólogo psychologist
político
pópolo
possíbile
príncipe prince
próprio adjective: own
próssimo next
quattórdici 14
quíndici 15
rápido
rapidíssimo very rapid
repúbblica
scátola a box
sciópero strike (out of work)
scolástico
séidici 16
semáforo traffic signal
sémplice simple
séttimo seventeenth
sígaro cigar
síllaba syllable
simbólico
simpático nice personality
spettácolo spectacle
súbito quick
távolo table
teléfono
tímido shy
trédici 13
último last
uómini men
undicésimo eleventh
úndici 11
véndita sale
véscovo bishop
vígili del fuoco firefighters

The third person plural of many forms of the verb is generally accented on the third from last syllable.
avévano they used to have
avrébbero they would have
cammínano they walk
capirébbero they would understand
capíscano! understand! (you plural or they)
capívano they used to understand
célebrano they celebrate
crédano! believe! (you plural or they)
crederébbero they would believe
crédevano they were believing
crédono they believe
dévono they must, they owe
érano they were
ingánnano they deceive
págano they pay (note: pagáno pagan)
pérdono they lose (note: perdóno the pardon)
póssono they are able
rúbino they rob (note: rubíno ruby)
sarébbero they would be
tróvano they find
trovávono they were finding
troverébbero they would find
tróvino! find! (you plural or they)
vógliono they want
vorébbero they would want

Verb infinitives. Some verbs ending in ERE are accented on the third from last syllable. (Other verbs are accented on the second to last syllable). There is no way to know which way a specific verb goes.
atténdere to wait
báttere to hit
chiédere to ask, request
chiúdere to close
cógliere to gather
conóscere to know
consístere to consist
córrere to run
crédere to believe
cuócere to cook
deprímere to depress
diféndere
dirígere to direct
eléggere to elect
giúngere to arrive
inténdere to understand
léggere to read
méttere to put
muóvere to move
náscere to be born
pérdere to lose
perméttere to permit
piángere to weep, cry
pióvere to rain
réggere to rule, as a king
rídere to laugh
rimánere to remain
rispóndere reply
sciégliere to choose
scrívere to write
succédere to happen
témere to fear
véndere to sell
víncere to win
vívere to live

Here is an online Italian dictionary that gives the position of the stress accents in Italian words. English to Italian.

Collins Italian Concise Dictionary
This dictionary shows the position of the stress accents in Italian words. English/Italian/English.

Collins Italian Dictionary
Another dictionary that shows the position of the stress accents in Italian words. English/Italian/English.

When a pronoun is attached to the end of a word, the position of the accent doesn't change.
sarà difficile dimenticársene = it will be difficult to forget about it
piacere di conóscerla

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