what are different accents called?

Question

I have a grave accent on my name. If I was trying to spell my name out over the phone to someone, how would I be able to say that in Spanish? I know that tilde is used to describe any accent, but how would I say this particular one, especially seeing as they don't use grave accents in Spanish? Tilde grave?

Answer 1

According to this source, you would say "acento grave". =]

I was also taught that a written accent mark is called a "tilde", however one of my friends from Mexico told me that she almost exclusively uses "acento" in place of "tilde" so I suppose it could be up to the discretion of the user.

As an example, the Italian language uses MANY grave accent marks, such as in the word "università". If I was telling someone how to spell it, I might say:

"La palabra es 'università' y se deletrea así: U-N-I-V-E-R-S-I-T-A y la 'A' lleva un acento grave."

If the person I'm speaking to is still confused because I used the word "acento" instead of "tilde", then I might try to explain to him/her what I mean by further saying:

"la 'A' lleva un acento grave ortográfico" or "la 'A' lleva un tilde grave".

Answer 2

I'm not an expert, but I've always heard "acento" or "lleva acento"...

i con acento

la i lleva acento