enaltecer
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish enaltecer.[1] By surface analysis, en- + alto + -ecer.[2]
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: e‧nal‧te‧cer
Verb edit
enaltecer (first-person singular present enalteço, first-person singular preterite enalteci, past participle enaltecido)
- (transitive) to praise, compliment
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of enaltecer (c-ç alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ “enaltecer” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
- ^ “enaltecer” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
Further reading edit
- “enaltecer” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “enaltecer” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “enaltecer” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “enaltecer” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /enalteˈθeɾ/ [e.nal̪.t̪eˈθeɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /enalteˈseɾ/ [e.nal̪.t̪eˈseɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: e‧nal‧te‧cer
Verb edit
enaltecer (first-person singular present enaltezco, first-person singular preterite enaltecí, past participle enaltecido)
- (transitive) to praise; to extol
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of enaltecer (c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of enaltecer (c-zc alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Portuguese: enaltecer
Further reading edit
- “enaltecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014