Principal Translations |
stress n | (pressure, demands) | estrés nm |
| The stress of getting married can be overwhelming. |
| El estrés prenupcial puede ser abrumador. |
stress n | (emphasis) | insistencia nf |
| | esfuerzo nm |
| The stress placed on good customer service has helped the company grow. |
| La insistencia puesta en brindar un buen servicio al cliente ayudó al crecimiento de la empresa. |
stress n | (phonetics: accent on syllable) | acento nm |
| The stress goes on the second syllable. |
| El acento va en la segunda sílaba. |
stress [sb]⇒ vtr | (make tense, nervous) | estresar a vtr + prep |
| | poner nervioso a loc verb |
| The prospect of having to undergo surgery stressed me. |
| Me estresaba la operación. |
stress [sth]⇒ vtr | (emphasize) | enfatizar⇒ vtr |
| We stressed our desire to hire a manager with a lot of experience. |
| Enfatizamos nuestro deseo de contratar a un gerente con mucha experiencia. |
Additional Translations |
stress n | (stronger than usual pronunciation) | acentuación nf |
| | acento nm |
| In English, stress is sometimes put on a word to emphasise its importance. |
| En inglés, la acentuación se pone en una palabra para enfatizar su importancia. |
stress n | (music: accented beat) (en música) | acento nm |
| There is a stress here on the B flat. |
| Hay un acento aquí, en el si bemol. |
stress n | (mechanics: physical pressure) | carga nf |
| | presión nf |
| The stress on the bolt was the cause of the mechanical failure. |
| La carga del perno fue la causa de la falla mecánica. |
stress n | (physiological disturbance) | estrés nm |
stress⇒ vi | informal (become anxious, tense) | estresarse⇒ v prnl |
| It's all going to be OK; don't stress! |
| Todo va a estar bien, no te estreses. |
stress over [sth] vi | (be tense, anxious about) | estresarse por v prnl + prep |
| Julie is really stressing over her exams. |
| Julie se está estresando por sus exámenes. |
stress [sth]⇒ vtr | (subject to physical stress) | producir una contractura loc verb |
| | tensar⇒ vtr |
| Lifting that heavy table has stressed my back. |
| Levantar esa pesada mesa me ha producido una contractura en la espalda. |
| Tensé demasiado la espalda al levantar esa mesa tan pesada. |
stress [sth] vtr | (pronounce more strongly) | acentuar⇒ vtr |
| | hacer énfasis en loc verb + prep |
| He stressed the word "walk" because he really didn't want to drive to the shop. |
| Acentuó la palabra «caminar» porque no quería manejar hasta la tienda. |
Locuciones verbales stress | stressed |
stress out vi phrasal | informal (be tense and anxious) | estresarse⇒ v prnl |
| | estar estresado v cop + adj |
| | estar tenso, estar ansioso v cop + adj |
| Alex has an exam tomorrow and he's really stressing out. |
| Alex tiene un examen mañana y se está estresando mucho. |
stress [sb] out vtr phrasal sep | informal (make tense and anxious) | poner tenso a loc verb |
| | estresar a vtr + prep |
| Work is really busy at the moment and it's stressing me out. |
| Hay mucho trabajo en este momento, y me pone tenso. |