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subrayar

to underline, to emphasize

verb soob-rrah-YAHR Less Common
Communication Speech

Usage Note

Subrayar is used both literally (to draw a line under text) and figuratively (to stress a point). The figurative sense overlaps with destacar and recalcar, but subrayar retains a slightly more written, academic register. The noun is subrayado (underlining, or underlined text).

Examples

"Subrayé las palabras más importantes del texto."

Natural Translation

I underlined the most important words in the text.

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