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stress

English

  1. 🔊 the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
    “he put the stress on the wrong syllable”
  2. 🔊 (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body
    “the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area”
  3. 🔊 difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension
    “she endured the stresses and strains of life”
  4. 🔊 special emphasis attached to something
    “the stress was more on accuracy than on speed”
  5. 🔊 (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense
    “he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension”
  6. 🔊 put stress on
    “In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word”
  7. 🔊 to stress, single out as important
    “Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet”
  8. 🔊 test the limits of
    “You are trying my patience!”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 estrés stress
  2. 🔊 stress stress
  3. 🔊 estresar to stress
  4. 🔊 tensión stress, strain
  5. 🔊 antiestrés stress, antistress
  6. 🔊 remachar to stress, to emphasize
  7. 🔊 poner el acento to stress, highlight, underline

Similar words

emphasis accent tension tenseness strain focus accent accentuate emphasize emphasise punctuate accent accentuate try strain alexandrine accent accentuate accentuation ache aching adverse circumstances adversity affliction