acentuar

v.

1 to accent, to put an accent on (palabra, letra) (al escribir).

Silvia acentúa esdrújulas Silvia puts the diacritical accent on proparoxytones.

2 to accentuate.

la inflación acentuó la crisis inflation made the recession even worse

3 to stress, to emphasize.

acentuar la necesidad de hacer algo to emphasize the need to do something

Ricardo acentúa las palabras cuando habla Richard stresses words when he talks.

4 to highlight, to accent, to enhance.

La sombra acentúa sus ojos The eyeshade highlights her eyes.

5 to augment.

Jugar ajedrez acentúa la inteligencia Playing chess augments intelligence.

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acentuar

Conjugation model [ACTUAR], like {{link=actuar}}actuar

► verbo transitivo

1 (tilde) to accentuate; (tónico) to stress

2 (resaltar) to emphasize, stress

► verbo pronominal acentuarse

1 to become more pronounced, become more marked

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verb

1) to accent

2) stress, emphasize

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1. VT

1) (Ling) to accent, stress

esta palabra se acentúa en la u — this word is stressed on the u

2) (=subrayar) to emphasize, accentuate

3) (Inform) to highlight

2.

See:

acentuarse

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) (Ling) (al hablar) to stress, accent; (al escribir) to accent

b) (intensificar, hacer resaltar) to accentuate, emphasize

maquillaje que acentúa los ojos — make up which accentuates the eyes

2.

acentuarse v pron to become accentuated

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= sharpen, point up, accentuate.

Ex. Instructors may sharpen a difference of opinion between two students and also may tactfully cut short long-winded contributions in a debate.

Ex. The obvious first line of defence is for librarians, agents and journal publishers to join forces to point up the decline in library provision.

Ex. However, future trends may tend to accentuate this division.

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) (Ling) (al hablar) to stress, accent; (al escribir) to accent

b) (intensificar, hacer resaltar) to accentuate, emphasize

maquillaje que acentúa los ojos — make up which accentuates the eyes

2.

acentuarse v pron to become accentuated

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= sharpen, point up, accentuate.

Ex: Instructors may sharpen a difference of opinion between two students and also may tactfully cut short long-winded contributions in a debate.

Ex: The obvious first line of defence is for librarians, agents and journal publishers to join forces to point up the decline in library provision.

Ex: However, future trends may tend to accentuate this division.

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acentuar [A18 ]

vt

1 (Ling) (al hablar) to stress, accent; (al escribir) to accent

¿esta palabra va acentuada? should this word have an accent o be accented?

2 (intensificar, hacer resaltar) to accentuate, emphasize; (Inf) to highlight

maquillaje que acentúa los ojos makeup which accentuates o highlights the eyes

■ acentuarse

v pron

to become accentuated

nuestras diferencias se han ido acentuando últimamente our differences have become more accentuated o pronounced o marked recently

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acentuar (conjugate acentuar) verbo transitivo

a) (Ling) (al hablar) to stress, accent;

(al escribir) to accent

b) (intensificar, hacer resaltar) to accentuate, emphasize

acentuarse verbo pronominal ‹diferencias/problemas› to become accentuated
acentuar verbo transitivo
1 to stress
2 figurado to emphasize, stress: en su discurso acentuó la importancia de la fusión, in her speech she stressed the importance of merging
'acentuar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
resaltar
English:
bring out
- stress
- accentuate

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acentuar

♦ vt

1. [palabra, letra] [al escribir] to accent, to put an accent on;

[al hablar] to stress

2. [intensificar] to accentuate;

la inflación acentuó la crisis inflation made the recession even worse;

el maquillaje acentúa su belleza the make-up enhances her beauty

3. [recalcar] to stress, to emphasize;

acentuar la necesidad de hacer algo to emphasize the need to do sth

♦ See also the pronominal verb acentuarse

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acentuar

v/t stress; fig

accentuate, emphasize

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acentuar {3} vt

1) : to accent

2) : to emphasize, to stress

♦ See also the reflexive verb acentuarse