tilde in Spanish
tilde in Spanish is tilde, virgulilla — tilde means a diacritical mark ⟨˜⟩ placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation.
tilde in Spanish
tilde
A diacritical mark ⟨˜⟩ placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation.
virgulilla
A diacritical mark ⟨˜⟩ placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation.
tilde
The character encoded as decimal 126 in the 1967 ASCII character set, and later in the 1992 Unicode character set.
What does "tilde" mean?
- noun A diacritical mark ⟨˜⟩ placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation.
- noun In Spanish, ⟨ñ⟩ is a palatalized ⟨n⟩, for example in ⟨cañón⟩.
- noun In Portuguese, ⟨ã⟩ and ⟨õ⟩ are nasalized vowels, for example in ⟨canção⟩.
- noun Another name for the Vietnamese tone mark dấu ngã, which is placed above a vowel to indicate a creaky rising tone (thanh ngã).
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What is "tilde" in Spanish?
"tilde" in Spanish is tilde, virgulilla. tilde means: A diacritical mark ⟨˜⟩ placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation.
Are there other ways to say "tilde" in Spanish?
Yes — Spanish has 2 translations listed for "tilde": tilde, virgulilla.
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