What is Diptongo?
What does diptongo mean?
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A diptongo, or diphthong in English, is when two vowels are pronounced together in the same syllable.
In Spanish, a diptongo happens when one weak vowel and one strong vowel are next to each other in a word.
The strong vowels are: a, e, o
The weak vowels are: i, u
A diphthong = weak vowel + strong vowel (ia, ie, io, ua, ue, uo) or strong vowel + weak vowel (ai, au, ei, eu, oi, ou)
In Spanish, when two strong vowels are together, it is not considered a diptongo because they are not pronounced as one syllable. Instead, it is called a hiato (pronounced like yato), or a hiatus in English.
Also, when a weak vowel has an accent mark over it (í or ú), it becomes a strong vowel. So a combination like "ía" would not be a diptongo, but rather a hiato because both vowels are strong (and therefore are not pronounced as a single syllable).
Dipthong in English. A combination of two vowels pronounced as one. In Spanish, they generally happen when U or I are combined with a strong vowel (A E O).
For example, Bueno. the ue is one vowel and sound.
hope that helps.
Roger
I suggest that you type this spanish word into the translate function to get the English word. The you can look uo the english word. That is the best way to get an answer for this question
A "dipthongo" is a combination of letters that have a special pronunciation.
