sublinha

Sublinha is a Portuguese verb form derived from sublinhar, meaning to underline or to emphasize text by drawing a line beneath it. It denotes the action of underlining, a common typographic and stylistic practice used to highlight words, titles, or key phrases in written material.

As a regular verb of the 1st conjugation (-ar), sublinhar follows standard patterns. The form sublinha corresponds to ele/ela no presente do indicativo (he/she underlines). It is also used as an affirmative imperative for the informal second person singular (tu), as in Sublinha o título. The full present tense conjugation is: eu sublinho, tu sublinhas, ele sublinha, nós sublinhamos, vós sublinhais, eles sublinham. The imperative forms for commands include sublinha (tu) and sublinhe (você), with underlying forms used to address you or groups in formal contexts.

Usage and context: subliming underlining appears in education, editing, and typography to indicate emphasis or to guide readers through a text. In everyday Portuguese, the verb is commonly employed in both physical and digital writing to draw attention to words deemed important. In digital environments, underlining is often achieved via formatting tools or CSS rather than a linguistic marker, but the verb remains the standard way to describe the action in Portuguese discourse.

See also: sublinhar, ênfase, destaque, underlining in typography.