Spanish accent letters

Typing Spanish on your keyboard

The Spanish (Spain) QWERTY layout has a dedicated Ñ key, with the acute and diaeresis dead keys right next to it, so á é í ó ú ü take two keystrokes. The Latin American layout works the same way, minus a ç key. On a US or UK keyboard none of that exists, which is why the Alt codes, US-International layout and Mac shortcuts on this site are needed.

What the accents are called in Spanish

acute accent

tilde (acento agudo, acento ortográfico)

tilde

virgulilla

umlaut / diaeresis

diéresis (crema)

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