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Unless it's a verb that ends with -ano. In that case, stress the preceding consonant. It's kind of like the difference between urAnus and Uranus. There are othe
by OnlyOneCannolo 5y ago
Unless it's a verb that ends with -ano. In that case, stress the preceding consonant. It's kind of like the difference between urAnus and Uranus. There are other exceptions, but that's the most common and important one.
- carlob 5y agoAbsolutely not true or rather only true of some verbs. Urano is stressed on the a for example...
- OnlyOneCannolo 5y agoIt's a general rule of thumb, so it wouldn't apply to proper nouns, but I did edit to specify verbs rather than all words in general. I do appreciate the irony that the example I chose breaks that guideline.