Italian

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Etymology

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From accento +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /at.t͡ʃenˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ac‧cen‧tà‧re

Verb

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accentàre (first-person singular present accènto, first-person singular past historic accentài, past participle accentàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to accent, to mark an accent on (a letter, a word, etc.)
  2. (transitive) to stress (a word, etc.)
  3. (transitive, music) to mark up (a score) (with notations such as p = piano, f = forte)
  4. (transitive, music) to perform (a piece) (in a specified way)

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • accentare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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