embellecer

v.

1 to adorn, to embellish.

María embelleció su casa Mary embellished her home.

2 to color, to belie, to camouflage, to colour.

María embelleció la contabilidad Mary camouflaged the accounting records.

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embellecer

Conjugation model [AGRADECER], like {{link=agradecer}}agradecer

► verbo transitivo

1 to make beautiful, beautify

► verbo pronominal embellecerse

1 to make oneself beautiful, beautify oneself

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VT to embellish, beautify

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1.

verbo transitivo <persona> to make ... beautiful; <campiña/ciudad> to beautify, improve the appearance of

2.

embellecer vi (liter) to become o grow more beautiful

3.

embellecerse v pron (refl) to make oneself beautiful, beautify oneself

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= embellish, grace.

Ex. In industrial societies even the poorest people acquire artefacts to embellish their surroundings; such 'bric-a-brac' may in some cases be the detritus of a previous age or a more affluent environment, and in some cases is destined to become 'collectable' in time to come.

Ex. The greatest living theoretician of descriptive cataloging, Professor Seymour Lubetzky, graced our library with his brilliance, insight, and fierce dedication to the integrity of the catalog.

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1.

verbo transitivo <persona> to make ... beautiful; <campiña/ciudad> to beautify, improve the appearance of

2.

embellecer vi (liter) to become o grow more beautiful

3.

embellecerse v pron (refl) to make oneself beautiful, beautify oneself

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= embellish, grace.

Ex: In industrial societies even the poorest people acquire artefacts to embellish their surroundings; such 'bric-a-brac' may in some cases be the detritus of a previous age or a more affluent environment, and in some cases is destined to become 'collectable' in time to come.

Ex: The greatest living theoretician of descriptive cataloging, Professor Seymour Lubetzky, graced our library with his brilliance, insight, and fierce dedication to the integrity of the catalog.

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embellecer [E3 ]

vt

1 ‹persona› to make … beautiful

2 ‹campiña/ciudad› to beautify, improve the appearance of, make … more attractive o beautiful

■ embellecer

vi

(liter); to become o grow more beautiful

■ embellecerse

v pron

(refl) to make oneself beautiful, beautify oneself

dame diez minutos para embellecerme (hum); give me ten minutes to make myself beautiful (hum)

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embellecer (conjugate embellecer) verbo transitivo ‹persona› to make … beautiful;
‹campiña/ciudad› to beautify, improve the appearance of
embellecer verbo transitivo to embellish
'embellecer' also found in these entries:
English:
embellish
- embroider

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embellecer

♦ vt

1. [persona] to make beautiful

2. [pueblo, edificio] to make more attractive, to smarten up

♦ See also the pronominal verb embellecerse

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embellecer

v/t make more beautiful, beautify

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embellecer {53} vt

: to embellish, to beautify