English-Spanish translations for emphatic

• enfático
  Un voto en contra de este informe es un voto enfático a favor de una mayor subsidiariedad. A vote against this report is an emphatic vote in favour of increased subsidiarity.
  Si culpamos a los candidatos en este sector, esto supone reducir el papeleo burocrático a un requisito incluso más enfático. If we blame the candidates in this sector, this makes reducing red tape an even more emphatic requirement.
  No obstante, los compromisos enfáticos solo se pueden cumplir con una contribución financiera más espectacular y con solidaridad por parte de la Comunidad. However, the emphatic commitments can only be honoured by a more spectacular financial contribution and solidarity on the part of Community.
• rotundo
  La respuesta, obviamente, es un rotundo ¡no!. The answer, of course, is an emphatic no.
  Por tanto, mi respuesta a este informe es un rotundo "no". I say an emphatic 'no', then, to this report.
  El carácter y los anhelos de la UE y del Parlamento Europeo son muy rotundos en esta materia. This Chamber has emphatically condemned the death penalty, discrimination, torture and other acts of cruelty.
• tajante
  La Unión Europea debe denunciar de manera clara y tajante los intentos de silenciar a los periodistas que se han atrevido a criticar al Gobierno. The European Union should clearly and emphatically denounce attempts to silence journalists who have dared to criticise the government.

Definition of emphatic

• Characterized by emphasis; forceful
• Stated with conviction
• Belonging to a set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do + an infinitive without to
• An emphatic consonant

Examples

• He gave me an emphatic no when I asked him out.

Related words

• emphatically
• emphatical
• emphatic win