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accentuato

accentuated

adjective ah-chen-TWAH-toh Rare

Also means

marked

Usage Note

Accentuato means pronounced, marked, or heightened — used both literally (an accented syllable) and figuratively to describe something more intense than normal: un accento accentuato (a marked accent), una differenza accentuata (a pronounced difference). It is the past participle of accentuare used as an adjective and agrees in gender and number.

Examples

"Ha un accento straniero molto accentuato."

Natural Translation

He has a very marked foreign accent.

Literal Translation

He-has an accent foreign very accentuated.

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