impress upon

[/ɪmˈprɛs əˈpɑn/]

verb

incutir em; gravar em; fazer compreender a

1. To cause someone to understand the importance or seriousness of something; to emphasize or stress something strongly to someone

The teacher impressed upon the students the importance of studying hard.

A professora incutiu nos alunos a importância de estudar com afinco.

2. To make a strong or lasting effect on someone's mind

The coach impressed upon the team the need for discipline.

O treinador gravou na mente do time a necessidade de disciplina.

3. To force someone to acknowledge or accept something

I must impress upon you the urgency of this matter.

Devo lhe fazer compreender a urgência deste assunto.

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Regional Variations

General Brazilian

incutir em; gravar em

Most common usage in Brazilian Portuguese

São Paulo

fazer compreender; enfatizar para

Common in business and formal contexts

Portugal

incutir em; frisar

Formal and educational contexts

impress upon someone the importance of something

impress upon someone the need for something

impress upon someone's mind

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