Monday, March 31, 2014

Fwd: resaltar: Dictionary.com Spanish Word of the Day

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Dictionary.com Spanish Word of the Day <doctor@dictionary.com>
Date: 2014-03-31 2:00 GMT-05:00
Subject: resaltar: Dictionary.com Spanish Word of the Day
To: "Hector William G." <hectorpinillos@gmail.com>

Spanish Word of the Day
Monday, March 31, 2014

Yesterday's Word - Previous Words - Help

resaltar, verb
to stand out; to highlight

You can use resaltar without or with an object (‘intransitively’ or ‘transitively’). Used without an object it means to stand out:

El aspecto en el que resaltó más fue sin duda la política exterior.
The aspect in which he stood out most was undoubtedly foreign policy.

Used with an object, it’s a very common way of saying to highlight something:

Resaltó la importancia de la democracia.
He highlighted the importance of democracy.

If you combine the intransitive meaning with hacer, the meaning of the phrase is to highlight:

La encuesta hace resaltar el descontento que existe.
The survey highlights the dissatisfaction that exists.

Content By

Dictionary.com Spanish Word of the Day http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/es/	You are currently subscribed to Dictionary.com Spanish Word of the Day as: hectorpinillos@gmail.com
Unsubscribe	To subscribe to Spanish Word of the Day by email, please send a blank message to: join-wordoftheday-es@lists.lexico.com
©2014 by Dictionary.com, LLC. 555 12th Street Suite 500 Oakland CA 94607	Subscriptions to The Spanish Word of the Day can be turned on and off via the Web at http://www.dictionary.com/help/faq/wordoftheday/
	Tell a friend about The Spanish Word of the Day!