destacar
Meaning
- (transitive) to emphasize, to highlight, to stress, to point out, to single out, to underline, to underscore, to bring out, to note
- (transitive) to detach troops
- (intransitive,reflexive) to stand out, to excel, to shine (to make oneself stand out, to distinguish oneself)
- (reflexive) to stand out, to jump out at (+ a) (i.e., to be highly noticeable to)
- (reflexive) to be highlighted, emphasized, stressed, underlined, underscored, pointed out
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Hyphenated as
des‧ta‧car
Pronounced as (IPA)
/destaˈkaɾ/
Etymology
Borrowed from French détacher. Compare English detach.
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