estrés

/esˈtɾes/ · B1 · noun · m

stress

😫 Spanish adds an e before st-: stress becomes estrés

Spanish words can't begin with st-, so English loanwords gain a leading e: stress → estrés, like stop → estop or standard → estándar. The accent on the final é marks the stress, fittingly, on the last syllable.

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