enfoque

See also: enfoqué

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈfɔ.ki/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈfɔ.ki/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈfɔ.ki/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈfɔ.ki/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈfɔ.ke/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈfɔ.ke/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˈfɔ.kɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔki, (Portugal) -ɔkɨ

Etymology 1

Deverbal from enfocar.

Noun

enfoque m (plural enfoques)

1. focus (concentration of attention)

   Synonyms: foco, focagem

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

enfoque

1. inflection of enfocar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “enfoque”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “enfoque”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “enfoque”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enˈfoke/ [ẽɱˈfo.ke]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -oke
• Syllabification: en‧fo‧que

Etymology 1

Deverbal from enfocar.

Noun

enfoque m (plural enfoques)

1. focus (action and effect of focusing)

   Synonym: foco

2. approach

   Synonym: acercamiento

   un enfoque holístico ― a holistic approach

   un nuevo enfoque ― a new approach

Derived terms

• autoenfoque

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

enfoque

1. inflection of enfocar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “enfoque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024