akcentēt

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Latvian

Etymology

From akcents, made into a 2nd-conjugation verb (ending -ēt).

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Verb

akcentēt (transitive, 2nd conjugation, present akcentēju, akcentē, akcentē, past akcentēju)

  1. (linguistics) to accentuate, to stress (to pronounce a word or syllable with more emphasis)
    akcentēt vārda pirmo zilbito stress a word's first syllable
    loģiski akcentēts vārdsa logically stressed word
  2. (music) to accentuate, to stress (to emphasize a part of a melody)
    ar pēkšņiem elpas sitieniem izveidojas akcentēts dziedājumsaccented singing is formed with sudden breath pulses
  3. to stress, to accentuate (to highlight a thought, an idea, a formal element, etc.)
    akcentēt savu domuto stress his thought
    asi akcentēts ritmsa sharply stressed rhythm
    akcentēt mācību vielā svarīgākoto highlight the most important (part) in the teaching material
    akcentēt gleznā kompozīcijas centruto highlight the composition center in a painting
    partikulu kopas “nu gan” un “gan nu” akcentē gan atsevišķas teikuma daļas, gan arī visa teikuma saturuthe particle combinations “nu gan” and “gan nu” highlight both a specific part and the whole content of a sentence

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