ênfase
Portuguese, noun/ˈẽ.fa.zi/
ênfase is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “emphasis, stress” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o ato de dar destaque a algo ao se exprimir”.
What does ênfase mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineemphasis, stress
- 2
femininethrust
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o ato de dar destaque a algo ao se exprimir
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ênfase
- ênfases plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ênfase?
- Brazil /ˈẽ.fa.zi/
- Portugal /ˈẽ.fɐ.zɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ênfase
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ênfase in Portuguese?
ênfase appears 14 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).