Stress / Accento TonicoUsually, Italian words are stressed on the next–to–the–last syllable.amicofriendfoglialeafMilanoMilannipotenephewpadrefatherparlareto speaksignorinaMissstudiareto studytelefonareto telephoneuomoman+ K; y8 F8 Q: B/ }3 g
When the final –e is dropped from a word, as happens with some masculine titles when they are directly followed by a proper name, the position of the stress remains unchanged.dottoredoctordottor NardiDoctor Nardiprofessoreprofessorprofessor Paceprofessor Pace
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It is useful to remember that open e and o occur only in stressed syllables.automobileautomobilemedicophysiciannobilenobletelefonotelephone
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