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"Enhance" is a transitive verb which is often translated as "mejorar", and "highlight" is a transitive verb which is often translated as "resaltar". Learn more about the difference between "enhance" and "highlight" below.
enhance(
ihn
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hahns
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
1. (to improve)
a. mejorar
Regular exercise can significantly enhance the quality of your life.Hacer ejercicio regularmente puede mejorar significativamente tu calidad de vida.
We offer a long list of perks and services to enhance your stay at our hotel.Ofrecemos una larga lista de beneficios y servicios para mejorar su estadía en nuestro hotel.
a. aumentar
The program seeks to enhance the capacity of the community to prevent floods.El programa pretende aumentar la capacidad de la comunidad para prevenir inundaciones.
a. realzar
If you want to enhance the beauty of your face, don't use too much makeup.Si quieres realzar la belleza de tu rostro, no utilices demasiado maquillaje.
b. dar realce a
I varnished the table to enhance the color of the wood.Barnicé la mesa para dar realce al color de la madera.
highlight(
hay
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layt
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. resaltar
Highlight any text that you have questions about.Resalten cualquier texto que les provoque dudas.
a. destacar
The speaker highlighted the profit increase for this quarter.El presentador destacó el aumento en ganancias de este trimestre.
b. poner de relieve
I want to highlight the need to encourage tolerance among young people.Quiero poner de relieve la necesidad de fomentar la tolerancia en los jóvenes.
b. poner reflejos (on hair)
The bride made a trip to the salon and the stylist highlighted her hair.La novia fue a la estética y la estilista le puso reflejos.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. lo más destacado
The highlight of the evening was when an eight-year-old girl sang like Billie Holiday.Lo más destacado de la noche fue cuando una niña de ocho años cantó como Billie Holiday.
b. el punto culminante (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The highlight of the trip was when we went up to Machu Picchu.El punto culminante del viaje fue cuando subimos a Machu Picchu.
c. el momento cumbre (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
My grandfather says the highlight of his life is the day he met my grandmother.Mi abuelo dice que el momento cumbre de su vida es el día que conoció a mi abuela.
5. (art)
a. el toque de luz (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
I love the highlights the painter put on the scales of the fish in this painting.Me encantan los toques de luz que puso el pintor en las escamas de los peces en este cuadro.
highlights
A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
6. (hair dye)
a. los reflejos (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
You look totally punky with those pink highlights.Te ves bien punk con esos reflejos rosas.
b. las mechas (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
She put green highlights in her hair for Halloween.Se puso mechas verdes en el cabello para la Noche de Brujas.
7. (sports)
a. las jugadas destacadas (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Mauricio watches NBA highlights every weekend.Mauricio ve las jugadas destacadas del NBA cada fin de semana.
