realce

See also: realcé

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈaw.si/ [heˈaʊ̯.si]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈaw.si/ [heˈaʊ̯.si]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈaw.si/ [χeˈaʊ̯.si]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈaw.se/ [heˈaʊ̯.se]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁjal.sɨ/ [ˈʁjaɫ.sɨ]

• Rhymes: -alsɨ, -awsi
• Hyphenation: re‧al‧ce

Etymology 1

Deverbal from realçar.

Noun

realce m (plural realces)

1. highlight; emphasis

   Synonyms: ênfase, destaque

Etymology 2

Verb

realce

1. inflection of realçar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /reˈalθe/ [reˈal̟.θe]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /reˈalse/ [reˈal.se]
• Rhymes: -alθe
• Rhymes: -alse
• Syllabification: re‧al‧ce

Etymology 1

Deverbal from realzar.

Noun

realce m (plural realces)

1. enhancement
   • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:

     -Ya el Sr. D. Buenaventura -manifestó Amarillo levantándose-, está conforme en dar realce con su presencia a ambas procesiones.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 2

Verb

realce

1. inflection of realzar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “realce”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10