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No. 14,125 in Spanish

tilde

A diacritical mark used in Spanish, appearing as a small wavy line (~) over the letter "ñ".

In a sentence

  • La palabra 'canción' lleva tilde en la última letra.

    The word 'canción' has a tilde on the last letter.

    'Tilde' here refers to the diacritical mark used in Spanish orthography.

  • No olvides ponerle la tilde a 'tú' para distinguirlo de 'tu'.

    Don't forget to add the tilde to 'tú' to distinguish it from 'tu'.

    'Tilde' is used to indicate the diacritical mark added to a vowel to differentiate meanings of words.

  • En programación, tilde se refiere al carácter '~'.

    In programming, tilde refers to the character '~'.

    'Tilde' represents the tilde symbol used in programming and other technical contexts.

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