- emphasise (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, UK)
Latin, from Ancient Greek – see emphasis.
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɛm.fə.saɪz/, [ˈɛɱ.fə.saɪz]
emphasize (third-person singular simple present emphasizes, present participle emphasizing, simple past and past participle emphasized)
- (transitive) To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something).
His two-fingered gesture emphasized what he had told his boss to do with his job.
stress
- Arabic: شَدَّدَ (šaddada)
- Armenian: please add this translation if you can
- Basque: azpimarratu (eu)
- Belarusian: падкрэ́сліваць impf (padkréslivacʹ), падкрэ́сліць pf (padkréslicʹ), акцэнтава́ць impf or pf (akcentavácʹ)
- Bulgarian: подчерта́вам (bg) impf (podčertávam), подчерта́я pf (podčertája), изтъ́квам (bg) impf (iztǎ́kvam), изтъ́кна pf (iztǎ́kna)
- Catalan: emfatitzar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 強調／强调 (zh) (qiángdiào), 著重 (zh) (zhuózhòng), 着重 (zh) (zhuózhòng)
- Czech: zdůrazňovat (cs) impf, zdůraznit (cs) pf
- Danish: betone (da), understrege (da)
- Dutch: benadrukken (nl), beklemtonen (nl)
- Esperanto: akcenti, emfazi
- Finnish: painottaa (fi), korostaa (fi), tähdentää (fi)
- French: souligner (fr), accentuer (fr)
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: betonen (de), unterstreichen (de), hervorheben (de), akzentuieren (de)
- Greek: υπογραμμίζω (el) (ypogrammízo)
- Hungarian: hangsúlyoz (hu), nyomatékosít (hu), kiemel (hu), aláhúz (hu)
- Ido: emfazar (io)
- Italian: enfatizzare (it), sottolineare (it), evidenziare (it)
- Japanese: 強調する (ja) (きょうちょうする, kyōchō suru), アクセントをつける (akusento o tsukeru)
- Khmer: សង្កត់ធ្ងន់ (sɑɑngkɑt thngŭən)
- Korean: 강조(强調)하다 (ko) (gangjohada)
- Lao: ເນັ້ນ (nen)
- Macedonian: истакнува impf (istaknuva), истакне pf (istakne), нагласува impf (naglasuva), нагласи pf (naglasi)
- Maori: miramira, kōhure, whakatairanga
- Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: understreke (no), utheve (no)
- Persian: تأکید کردن (ta'kid kardan)
- Polish: podkreślać (pl) impf, podkreślić (pl) pf
- Portuguese: enfatizar (pt)
- Punjabi: ਜੋਰ ਦੇਣਾ f (jor deṇā)
- Romanian: puncta (ro), accentua (ro), releva (ro)
- Russian: подчёркивать (ru) impf (podčórkivatʹ), подчеркну́ть (ru) pf (podčerknútʹ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: наглаша́вати impf, нагла́сити pf
- Roman: naglašávati (sh) impf, naglásiti (sh) pf
- Slovak: zdôrazňovať impf, zdôrazniť pf
- Slovene: poudáriti pf
- Spanish: subrayar (es), enfatizar (es), hacer hincapié, recalcar (es)
- Swedish: betona (sv), understryka (sv)
- Thai: เน้น (th) (nén)
- Turkish: vurgulamak (tr)
- Ukrainian: підкре́слювати impf (pidkrésljuvaty), підкре́слити pf (pidkréslyty), акцентува́ти (uk) impf or pf (akcentuváty), наголо́шувати impf (naholóšuvaty), наголоси́ти pf (naholosýty)
- Vietnamese: nhấn mạnh (vi)
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