and represents . Historically it represented but morphed to over time (similar to English "oo"). Portuguese In Portuguese, ó is used to mark a stressed in words whose stressed syllable is in an unpredictable location within the word, as in "pó" (dust) and "óculos" (glasses). If the location of the stressed syllable is predictable, the acute accent is not used. Ó contrasts with ô . Scottish Gaelic Ó was once widely used in Scottish, but it has now been largely superseded by "ò". It can still be seen in certain writings but is no longer used in standard orthography. Spanish Ó is used in the Spanish language to denote an 'o' vowel with abnormal stress. Sorbian Ó represents in Upper Sorbian and represents or in, especially, Lower Sorbian. Vietnamese In Vietnamese alphabet ó is the sắc tone (high-rising tone) of "o". Character mappings Key strokes Microsoft Windows users can type an "ó" by pressing on the numeric pad of the keyboard. "Ó" can be typed by pressing In Microsoft Word, pressing , then will produce the character ó. Pressing , then will produce the character Ó. Remember to not press shift before'' apostrophe, as that will not type this character. See also Acute accent References O-acute Vowel letters O-acute