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hincapié

emphasis

noun een-kah-PYEH Rare
Communication Expressions

Usage Note

Hincapié is masculine (el hincapié), despite its -ie ending. It almost always appears in the fixed phrase hacer hincapié en ('to stress, to emphasize'): hizo hincapié en la seguridad ('he stressed safety'). It is rarely used outside this collocation.

Examples

"El director hizo hincapié en la puntualidad."

Natural Translation

The director stressed punctuality.

Literal Translation

The director made emphasis on the punctuality.

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