This next category is made up of words that, in English, end with “-ic.” To magically transform them into the proper Spanish words, simply add an “o” to the end of the English word.
Well, not quite so magical, I’m afraid. Most of these words end up with an accent somewhere in the middle. Still, it's nice that they're at least easily recognizable and understandable without learning anything new!
Let’s take a look at our list of words here and then go over what that accent means.
- Atlántico
- público
- romántico
- democrático
- artístico
- aristocrático
- elástico
- eléctrico
- automático
- fantástico
- clásico
The accent that appears in all these words doesn’t change the pronunciation of either the word or the letter it appears over. Instead, it simply marks where the emphasis is placed. In the past few categories, the emphasis was always in the same place, so we didn’t need it, but here it switches around a bit.
For example, the emphasis on “público” is “PU-bli-co,” whereas “fantástico” (which has the accent on a different syllable) is “fan-TA-sti-co.”