embellecimiento

Spanish

Etymology

From embellecer +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /embeʝeθiˈmjento/ [ẽm.be.ʝe.θiˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /embeʝeθiˈmjento/ [ẽm.be.ʝe.θiˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /embeʎeθiˈmjento/ [ẽm.be.ʎe.θiˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /embeʝesiˈmjento/ [ẽm.be.ʝe.siˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /embeʝesiˈmjento/ [ẽm.be.ʝe.siˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /embeʎesiˈmjento/ [ẽm.be.ʎe.siˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /embeʃesiˈmjento/ [ẽm.be.ʃe.siˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /embeʒesiˈmjento/ [ẽm.be.ʒe.siˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]

• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: em‧be‧lle‧ci‧mien‧to

Noun

embellecimiento m (plural embellecimientos)

1. beautifying, prettifying, gussying up, beautification
   • 2015 July 20, “El público recupera el Teatro de la Comedia”, in El País‎^[1]:

     También es digna de destacarse la obra de embellecimiento de la fachada llevada a cabo en 1897.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “embellecimiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014