tilde

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine, masculine, uncommon) accent mark, i.e. acute accent
2. (feminine, masculine, uncommon) tilde
3. (feminine, masculine, uncommon) criticism, censure

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person) inflection of tildar:
2. (form-of, imperative, singular, third-person) inflection of tildar:

tildar

1. to declare or brand as; to stigmatize
2. to put a tilde or other accent mark over
3. (reflexive) (informal) hang (of a computer, to stop working)
4. (reflexive) (informal) to go into a trance, a stupor

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Concepts

tilde

accent

emphasis

jot

stress

Synonyms

acento

virgulilla

énfasis

Translations

Tilde

tilde

tilde

titlla

til

tilde

accent

acento

accento

ισπανική περισπωμένη

تلدة

accent

περισπωμένη

Wiederholungszeichen

Hyphenated as

til‧de

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtilde/

Etymology

Deverbal from tildar or from Latin titulus, possibly through an Old Catalan or Old Provençal intermediate (accounting for the final -e instead of -o).