accentuar

Aragonese

Verb

accentuar

1. to accent (to mark with written accents)

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin accentuāre, from Latin accentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ək.sən.tuˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ak.sen.tuˈaɾ]

Verb

accentuar (first-person singular present accentuo, first-person singular preterite accentuí, past participle accentuat)

1. to accentuate (to pronounce with vocal stress)
2. to accentuate (to mark with written accents)
3. to accentuate, emphasize

Conjugation

    Conjugation of accentuar (first conjugation)

infinitive			accentuar
gerund			accentuant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		accentuat		accentuada
		plural		accentuats		accentuades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	accentuo	accentues	accentua	accentuem	accentueu	accentuen
	imperfect	accentuava	accentuaves	accentuava	accentuàvem	accentuàveu	accentuaven
	future	accentuaré	accentuaràs	accentuarà	accentuarem	accentuareu	accentuaran
	preterite	accentuí	accentuares	accentuà	accentuàrem	accentuàreu	accentuaren
	conditional	accentuaria	accentuaries	accentuaria	accentuaríem	accentuaríeu	accentuarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	accentuï	accentuïs	accentuï	accentuem	accentueu	accentuïn
	imperfect	accentués	accentuessis	accentués	accentuéssim	accentuéssiu	accentuessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	accentua	accentuï	accentuem	accentueu	accentuïn
	negative (no)	—	no accentuïs	no accentuï	no accentuem	no accentueu	no accentuïn

Related terms

• accent
• accentuació
• inaccentuat

Further reading

• “accentuar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “accentuar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “accentuar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “accentuar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Occitan

Pronunciation

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Verb

accentuar

1. to accentuate

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• accent
• accentuacion

Portuguese

Verb

accentuar (first-person singular present accentuo, first-person singular preterite accentuei, past participle accentuado)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of acentuar.
   • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “A morte de Bertha [Bertha’s death]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 225:

     N’aquella physionomia accentuada e trigueira o sorriso era tão doce que lembrava o desabrochar de um lyrio.

     In that sharp and olive-toned semblance, the smile was so sweet that it resembled the blooming of a lily.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of accentuar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	accentuar
Personal	accentuar	accentuares	accentuar	accentuarmos	accentuardes	accentuarem
Gerund
	accentuando
Past participle
Masculine	accentuado			accentuados
Feminine	accentuada			accentuadas
Indicative
Present	accentuo	accentuas	accentua	accentuamos	accentuais	accentuam
Imperfect	accentuava	accentuavas	accentuava	accentuávamos	accentuáveis	accentuavam
Preterite	accentuei	accentuaste	accentuou	accentuamos1, accentuámos2	accentuastes	accentuaram
Pluperfect	accentuara	accentuaras	accentuara	accentuáramos	accentuáreis	accentuaram
Future	accentuarei	accentuarás	accentuará	accentuaremos	accentuareis	accentuarão
Conditional	accentuaria	accentuarias	accentuaria	accentuaríamos	accentuaríeis	accentuariam
Subjunctive
Present	accentue	accentues	accentue	accentuemos	accentueis	accentuem
Imperfect	accentuasse	accentuasses	accentuasse	accentuássemos	accentuásseis	accentuassem
Future	accentuar	accentuares	accentuar	accentuarmos	accentuardes	accentuarem
Imperative
Affirmative		accentua	accentue	accentuemos	accentuai	accentuem
Negative (não)		não accentues	não accentue	não accentuemos	não accentueis	não accentuem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.