OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 12451

stress

/stɹɛs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
tensión
The internal distribution of force across a small boundary per unit area of that boundary (pressure) within a body. It causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ or τ.
estrés
Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.
Go easy on him, he's been under a lot of stress lately.
Lazarus and Folkman’s transactional model of stress and coping describes psychological stress as “a particular relationship between the person and the environment that is appraised…
énfasis
Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 12452

stress

/stɹɛs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
tensar • tensionar
To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.
estresar
To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal).
acentuar
To emphasise (a syllable of a word).
“Emphasis” is stressed on the first syllable, but “emphatic” is stressed on the second.
enfatizar
To emphasise (words in speaking).