engrandecer

v.

1 to exalt.

La paciencia engrandece el espíritu Patience exalts the spirit.

2 to increase, to enlarge (increase).

El ejercicio engrandece los músculos Exercise enlarges the muscles.

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engrandecer

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

► verbo transitivo

1 (hacer grande) to enlarge, magnify

2 (exaltar) to extol, exalt

3 figurado (enaltecer) to enhance

4 figurado (mente, espíritu) to widen, broaden

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VT

1) (=aumentar) to enlarge, magnify

2) (=ensalzar) to speak highly of

3) (=exagerar) to exaggerate

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verbo transitivo (ennoblecer) to ennoble (frml)

aquel gesto lo engrandeció ante todos — with that gesture he grew in stature in everyone's eyes

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= aggrandise [aggrandize, -USA].

Ex. He established Samarkand as his imperial capital in the 1360s and set about aggrandising it with plunder from his conquests.

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verbo transitivo (ennoblecer) to ennoble (frml)

aquel gesto lo engrandeció ante todos — with that gesture he grew in stature in everyone's eyes

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= aggrandise [aggrandize, -USA].

Ex: He established Samarkand as his imperial capital in the 1360s and set about aggrandising it with plunder from his conquests.

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engrandecer [E3 ]

vt

aquel gesto lo engrandeció ante todos with that gesture he grew in stature in everyone's eyes

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engrandecer (conjugate engrandecer) verbo transitivo (ennoblecer) to ennoble (frml)
engrandecer verbo transitivo
1 (ensalzar) to exalt, grow in stature: ese gesto de generosidad te engrandece, that act of generosity ennobles you
2 (hacer mayor) to increase: la concesión del Óscar engrandeció su fama, winning the oscar contributed to his reputation
'engrandecer' also found in these entries:
English:
exalt

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engrandecer vt

1. [ennoblecer]

su gesto lo engrandece his gesture does him every credit o redounds to his credit

2. [aumentar] to increase, to enlarge

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engrandecer

v/t

1 enlarge

2 (ensalzar) praise, extol

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engrandecer {53} vt

1) : to enlarge

2) : to exaggerate

3) : to exalt