enfatizar
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.fa.t͡ʃiˈza(ʁ)/ [ẽ.fa.t͡ʃiˈza(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.fa.t͡ʃiˈza(ʁ)/ [ĩ.fa.t͡ʃiˈza(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.fa.t͡ʃiˈza(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.fa.t͡ʃiˈza(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.fa.t͡ʃiˈza(ʁ)/ [ẽ.fa.t͡ʃiˈza(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.fa.t͡ʃiˈza(ʁ)/ [ĩ.fa.t͡ʃiˈza(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.fa.t͡ʃiˈza(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.fa.t͡ʃiˈza(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.fɐ.tiˈzaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.fɐ.tiˈza.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: en‧fa‧ti‧zar
Verb
enfatizar (first-person singular present enfatizo, first-person singular preterite enfatizei, past participle enfatizado) (transitive)
- to emphasize (to give emphasis or relief to)
- 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 134:
- Não posso enfatizar suficientemente o perigo da presente situação [...]
- I can't emphasize sufficiently the danger of the current situation [...]
- to emphasize (to highlight the importance of)
- to highlight
- to accentuate, to intensify
Conjugation
Conjugation of enfatizar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
adjectives
Further reading
- “enfatizar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “enfatizar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /enfatiˈθaɾ/ [ẽɱ.fa.t̪iˈθaɾ] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /enfatiˈsaɾ/ [ẽɱ.fa.t̪iˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: en‧fa‧ti‧zar
Verb
enfatizar (first-person singular present enfatizo, first-person singular preterite enfaticé, past participle enfatizado)
- to emphasize
Conjugation
Conjugation of enfatizar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of enfatizar (c-z alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive enfatizar | dative | enfatizarme | enfatizarte | enfatizarle, enfatizarse | enfatizarnos | enfatizaros | enfatizarles, enfatizarse |
| accusative | enfatizarme | enfatizarte | enfatizarlo, enfatizarla, enfatizarse | enfatizarnos | enfatizaros | enfatizarlos, enfatizarlas, enfatizarse | |
| with gerund enfatizando | dative | enfatizándome | enfatizándote | enfatizándole, enfatizándose | enfatizándonos | enfatizándoos | enfatizándoles, enfatizándose |
| accusative | enfatizándome | enfatizándote | enfatizándolo, enfatizándola, enfatizándose | enfatizándonos | enfatizándoos | enfatizándolos, enfatizándolas, enfatizándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative enfatiza | dative | enfatízame | enfatízate | enfatízale | enfatízanos | not used | enfatízales |
| accusative | enfatízame | enfatízate | enfatízalo, enfatízala | enfatízanos | not used | enfatízalos, enfatízalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative enfatizá | dative | enfatizame | enfatizate | enfatizale | enfatizanos | not used | enfatizales |
| accusative | enfatizame | enfatizate | enfatizalo, enfatizala | enfatizanos | not used | enfatizalos, enfatizalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative enfatice | dative | enfatíceme | not used | enfatícele, enfatícese | enfatícenos | not used | enfatíceles |
| accusative | enfatíceme | not used | enfatícelo, enfatícela, enfatícese | enfatícenos | not used | enfatícelos, enfatícelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative enfaticemos | dative | not used | enfaticémoste | enfaticémosle | enfaticémonos | enfaticémoos | enfaticémosles |
| accusative | not used | enfaticémoste | enfaticémoslo, enfaticémosla | enfaticémonos | enfaticémoos | enfaticémoslos, enfaticémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative enfatizad | dative | enfatizadme | not used | enfatizadle | enfatizadnos | enfatizaos | enfatizadles |
| accusative | enfatizadme | not used | enfatizadlo, enfatizadla | enfatizadnos | enfatizaos | enfatizadlos, enfatizadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative enfaticen | dative | enfatícenme | not used | enfatícenle | enfatícennos | not used | enfatícenles, enfatícense |
| accusative | enfatícenme | not used | enfatícenlo, enfatícenla | enfatícennos | not used | enfatícenlos, enfatícenlas, enfatícense | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “enfatizar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024