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acentuar

English translation: underscore (the fact that education is free of charge)

14:56 Aug 19, 2020
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy
Portuguese term or phrase: acentuar
Os poderes públicos tomarão medidas que tenham por objetivo acentuar a gratuidade do ensino normal e bem assim, para a instituição de bolsas, destinadas a estudantes de zonas que mais necessitem de professores primários.
From a 1946 Brazilian law.
Colin Bowles
Brazil
Local time: 02:37
English translation:underscore (the fact that education is free of charge)
Explanation:
https://www.google.com/search?q="the fact that education is ...

https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk02AbJgy_DVEw7xeAHEQ...
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Ana Vozone
Local time: 06:37
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2accentuate / emphasize
Egon Lessa
5 +1Heighten
Luciana Jesus
3 +2underscore (the fact that education is free of charge)
Ana Vozone
5Highlight
Fábio de Macêdo
4stress
Mario Freitas
4expand
Tales Romanatto


Discussion entries: 3





  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
acentuar in this context
accentuate / emphasize


Explanation:
I'd use "accentuate", probably.

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Note added at 4 mins (2020-08-19 15:01:04 GMT)
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As in "it aims to accentuate..."

Egon Lessa
Brazil
Local time: 02:37
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claudio Mazotti
1 min
  -> Thank you, Claudio =)
agree  Verginia Ophof
59 mins
  -> Thank you, Verginia =)
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Heighten


Explanation:
Sugestão que eu usaria.

Luciana Jesus
Brazil
Local time: 02:37
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claudio Mazotti
0 min
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
underscore (the fact that education is free of charge)


Explanation:
https://www.google.com/search?q="the fact that education is ...

https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk02AbJgy_DVEw7xeAHEQ...

Example sentence(s):
  • The gathering permitted the First Ladies to underscore the fact that education is a basic right,
  • cobbled-together pandemic world we will inhabit this fall, such a shift would underscore the fact that education has always been communal;
Ana Vozone
Local time: 06:37
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 97

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Barbara Cochran, MFA
11 mins
  -> Thank you, Barbara!
agree  Douglas Bissell
13 mins
  -> Thank you, Douglas!
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Highlight


Explanation:
The idea in this context is not only to reiterate but also to indicate. So I believe that highlight could be a good choice.

Fábio de Macêdo
Brazil
Local time: 02:37
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Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
stress


Explanation:
Sugestão.

Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 02:37
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 224
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107 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
expand


Explanation:
The law is about actions that should be done to expand education (free of charge), so it could reach more people.
Check reference, page 107


    Reference: http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/48/48134/tde-05042...
Tales Romanatto
Brazil
Local time: 02:37
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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