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LoQuiero's right about the -n thing. If there's an accent the accented syllable is stressed, but if it's not and it ends in N, it's the penultimate syllable.
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She said the syllable is not pronounced, and I took that to mean not said at all. In Spanish (possibly barring some regional dialects), all sounds are pronounced except the letter h. Without the accent mark, the last syllable would not be stressed, but one would still say it.
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FroilánThe king and queen of Spain's eldest grandchild is called Froilán, and I have heard it pronounced several times in the media as 'froy-LAHN'.
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Thank you!
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