Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

examen/exámen

Spanish answer:

examen

Added to glossary by Heather Chinchilla
Apr 10, 2006 20:53
18 yrs ago
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Spanish term

examen/exámen

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I've seen this word written both ways. Could somebody please tell me which is correct, or what the difference is, please? Thank you in advance!
Change log

Apr 10, 2006 21:03: Robert Forstag changed "Language pair" from "English to Spanish" to "Spanish"

Discussion

Heather Chinchilla (asker) Apr 10, 2006:
Here are examples:
Exámen oficial de Alemán ÖSD - Universidad Europea de Madrid - [ Translate this page ]ÖSD – Österreichisches Sprachdiplom Examen oficial de Alemán ... El ÖSD es el examen oficial de alemán patrocinado por los Ministerios de Educación y ...
www.uem.es/acerca-uem/internacional/ centro-examinador/examen-aleman/ - 17k - Cached - Similar pages

Test del exámen de conducir - [ Translate this page ]Por último, se considerará apto el examen si no falla más del 10% de las respuestas que, en el caso de esta prueba comœn de conocimientos, ...
www.dgt.es/revista/test/ - 11k - Cached - Similar pages

Heather Chinchilla (asker) Apr 10, 2006:
Thank you everyone! I do know the rule that Robert states and I'm not thinking of the plural as Claudia suggests. I've just seen it both ways and I didn't know why I'd seen it with the accent mark. I thought maybe it was for clarification, 2 words spelled the same and 1 with an accent just to differentiate, i.e. mas and más.

Chiquipaisa Apr 10, 2006:
Heather, the answers below are correct. This is just additional info. Examen, singular, has no written accent. Exámenes, plural, has the written accent on the a.

Responses

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examen

The general rule is that, when the last syllable of a word ends in either *n* or *s*, the penultimate syllable is accented, in the absence of a written accent elsewhere in the word.

Thus, an accent is not needed here.

Suerte.
Peer comment(s):

agree Chiquipaisa
1 min
Thank you, Chiqui.
agree Ana Brause
2 mins
Gracias, Ana.
Claudia Iglesias : yes, but Heather might be confused by the plural form, exámenes.
3 mins
Indeed, the plural would require an accent, but her inquiry was regarding "examen".
agree Yvonne Becker
1 hr
agree Marina56 : ok
1 day 13 hrs
agree Gabriela Mejías : Palabra grave terminada en N, S o VOCAL no lleva tilde. HAPPY EASTER!!!
5 days
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you Robert and everybody! I don't see any need to wait to close this question as everybody so far seems to be in agreement. :-) -Heather"
+1
2 mins

Lo correcto es si acento

RAE

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Note added at 3 mins (2006-04-10 20:56:28 GMT)
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sin acento
Peer comment(s):

agree Chiquipaisa
2 mins
Thank you
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6 mins

examen

las palabras terminadas en n, s o vocal. cuando se acentuan en la segunda sílaba, el acento no se escribe.
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+2
10 mins

examen (singular) / exámenes (plural)

la palabra examen no lleva tilde. El plural pasa a ser esdrújula y se acentua. SUerte.
Peer comment(s):

agree olv10siq
9 mins
ok, gracias
agree Marina56 : ok
1 day 12 hrs
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