acentuar
Meanings
Verb
1. to accentuate (to pronounce with vocal stress) (transitive)
2. to accentuate (to mark with a written accent) (transitive)
3. to accentuate, to emphasize (transitive)
Examples7
¿Dónde se acentúa esta palabra?
Where does the stress fall in the word?
¿Cómo se acentúa la palabra?
How is the word accented?
La investigación se ha acentuado
The inquiry has been cranked up a notch.
Sus cejas pobladas acentuaban su rostro.
His bushy brows accented his face.
La enfermedad se ha acentuado. Su Majestad decae a ojos vistas.
The disease has accentuated. His Majesty is withering away before our eyes.
En esperanto, se acentúa la penúltima sílaba.
In Esperanto, the second-to-last syllable is accentuated.