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Which is the stressed syllable on 'Alvaro', 'Alvarez' and possibly others? I believe it to be on the first "A" although I've never seen the written accent applied. Please advise.

Álvaro
Álvarez

Both should be written with an accent mark.

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q...7D49FBBC8D550E

¡Así que están equivocados! ¿Verdad?

¡Eso!

http://www.rae.es/consultas/tilde-en-las-mayusculas
http://www.estandarte.com/noticias/i...ulas_1013.html

@Sancho: Old typing machines placed the accent mark superimposed on the capital letters, so the norm was that they shouldn't be accented, for reasons of aesthetics. And this was extended as a rule in other kinds of writing. Yet, the RAE, as Rusty rightly pointed out, has always said the capital letters must be accented. :)