Grave accent in Portuguese

Definition

Definition in EnglishA written accent mark consisting of a short stroke descending from left to right above a letter; in Portuguese it marks certain mergers involving the preposition and a following article or demonstrative.

Definition in PortugueseSinal escrito que desce da esquerda para a direita sobre uma letra e, em português, marca certas contrações.

Learn it in a lesson

• Crasis and the Grave Accent in Brazilian Portuguese

grave accent in other languages

• What grave accent means
• In French
• In Japanese