énfasis
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin emphasis, from Ancient Greek ἔμφασις (émphasis, “appearance, significance, emphasis”), from ἐμφαίνω (emphaínō, “to show, present”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “to shine, appear”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈenfasis/ [ˈẽɱ.fa.sis]
- Rhymes: -enfasis
- Syllabification: én‧fa‧sis
Further reading
- “énfasis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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