When trisyllabic and accented on the second syllable, they are amphibrachs; Mena:

Con crìnes | tendìdos | ardèr los | comètas.

When trisyllabic and accented on the third syllable, they are anapæsts; Iriarte:

De sus hì|jos la tòr|pe avutàr|da.

The terms given marked in Latin a quantitative division into feet, while in Spanish they denote only accentual conditions.

A syllable may be lacking at the end of a verse (then called catalectic); trochaic:

Yà los | càmpos | òrna A|bril;

in one of amphibrachs:

Derràma | su páli|da lùz;

dactylic: