Information about the word stress (English → Esperanto: emfazi)

Synonyms: accentuate, emphasize, highlight, underline

Part of speechverb
Pronunciation/stɹɛs/
Hyphenationstress
Shavian alphabet𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑧𐑕

Conjugation

Indicative mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) stress(I) stressed
(thou) stressest(thou) stressedst
(he) stresses, stresseth(he) stressed
(we) stress(we) stressed
(you) stress(you) stressed
(they) stress(they) stressed
Subjunctive mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) stress (I) stressed
(thou) stress(thou) stressed
(he) stress(he) stressed
(we) stress(we) stressed
(you) stress(you) stressed
(they) stress(they) stressed
Imperative mood
stress
Participles
Present participlePast participle
stressingstressed

Usage samples

In recent days, many state representatives, media, and scholars have rightly gone to great lengths to stress the abhorrent behaviour of Russian president Vladimir Putin.

Translations

Afrikaansbeklemtoon
Danishlægge vægt på
Dutchbeklemtonen; benadrukken; accentueren
Esperantoemfazi
Frenchaccentuer; souligner
Germanbetonen
Low Germanbenådrükken
Portugueseenfatizar