a'The acute accent is used in LaTeX to place an acute accent over a letter, commonly used in languages like Spanish and French to denote specific pronunciations.
Acute accent over the letter 'a'
\acute{a}Acute accent over the letter 'e', as in the word 'café'
\acute{e}Acute accent over the letter 'o', used in words like 'jalapeño'
\acute{o}