embelezar
Portuguese
editEtymology
editVariant of embelecer, from em- + belo + -ecer; related to Spanish embellecer.
Pronunciation
edit- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.be.leˈza(ʁ)/ [ẽ.be.leˈza(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.be.leˈza(ʁ)/ [ĩ.be.leˈza(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.be.leˈza(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.be.leˈza(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.be.leˈza(ʁ)/ [ẽ.be.leˈza(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.be.leˈza(ʁ)/ [ĩ.be.leˈza(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.be.leˈza(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.be.leˈza(ɻ)/
- Hyphenation: em‧be‧le‧zar
Verb
editembelezar (first-person singular present embelezo, first-person singular preterite embelezei, past participle embelezado)
- to beautify (make beautiful or more beautiful)
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of embelezar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “embelezar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024