exaltar

v.

1 to promote, to raise.

2 to exalt.

Los fanáticos exaltaron a Ricardo The fanatics exalted Richard.

3 to exacerbate, to overexcite.

Su actitud exaltó su ira His attitude exacerbated her anger.

4 to elate, to magnify.

La sorpresa exaltó a Ricardo The surprise elated Richard.

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exaltar

► verbo transitivo

1 (elevar) to raise, promote

2 figurado (alabar) to exalt, praise, extol

► verbo pronominal exaltarse

1 (excitarse) to get overexcited, get worked up, get carried away

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1. VT

1) (=acalorar) [+ persona, manifestante] to work up, excite; [+ emoción] to intensify; [+ imaginación] to fire

2) (=elevar) to exalt

3) (=enaltecer) to raise (a to)

2.

See:

exaltarse

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1.

verbo transitivo

1) (excitar) <personas> to excite; <pasiones> to arouse

la intervención policial exaltó a los manifestantes — the police intervention angered the demonstrators

2) (frml) (alabar) to extol (frml)

2.

exaltarse v pron to get worked up

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= glorify, exalt, put + Nombre + on a pedestal, hold out as, laud, glamourise [glamorize, -USA], enthrone, aggrandise [aggrandize, -USA], celebrate.

Ex. Many traditional treatments, on the other hand, have tended to glorify him portraying him as an unblemished hero.

Ex. He is famous for his works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past.

Ex. Native American children should have books that do not demean or embarrass them or their heritage nor put them on a pedestal.

Ex. Community information services seem light years away from the kind of electronic wizardry that is held out as the brave new information world of tomorrow.

Ex. Libraries are also lauded for providing other public services with economic benefits.

Ex. Librarians now have recognized that automated information retrieval is a logical extension of good reference service and is not usually categorized or glamorized as a separate function.

Ex. Modern life 'enthrones reason over impulse'.

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

Ex. Were we to allow ourselves to be enticed by it, we should be celebrating our Bicentennial by a return to the pre-Panizzi days in cataloging.

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* exaltarse = fire up, get + (all) worked up.

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1.

verbo transitivo

1) (excitar) <personas> to excite; <pasiones> to arouse

la intervención policial exaltó a los manifestantes — the police intervention angered the demonstrators

2) (frml) (alabar) to extol (frml)

2.

exaltarse v pron to get worked up

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= glorify, exalt, put + Nombre + on a pedestal, hold out as, laud, glamourise [glamorize, -USA], enthrone, aggrandise [aggrandize, -USA], celebrate.

Ex: Many traditional treatments, on the other hand, have tended to glorify him portraying him as an unblemished hero.

Ex: He is famous for his works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past.

Ex: Native American children should have books that do not demean or embarrass them or their heritage nor put them on a pedestal.

Ex: Community information services seem light years away from the kind of electronic wizardry that is held out as the brave new information world of tomorrow.

Ex: Libraries are also lauded for providing other public services with economic benefits.

Ex: Librarians now have recognized that automated information retrieval is a logical extension of good reference service and is not usually categorized or glamorized as a separate function.

Ex: Modern life 'enthrones reason over impulse'.

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

Ex: Were we to allow ourselves to be enticed by it, we should be celebrating our Bicentennial by a return to the pre-Panizzi days in cataloging.

* exaltarse = fire up, get + (all) worked up.

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exaltar [A1 ]

vt

A (excitar) ‹personas› to excite; ‹pasiones› to arouse

la intervención policial exaltó aún más a los manifestantes when the police intervened the demonstrators became even more agitated, the police intervention angered the demonstrators still further

B (frml) (alabar) to extol (frml)

exaltó sus hazañas he extolled their feats (frml)

se exaltaron las buenas relaciones existentes entre ambos países much was made of the good relationship between the two countries

■ exaltarse

v pron

to get worked up

tranquilízate y no te exaltes calm down, don't get overexcited o worked up

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exaltar (conjugate exaltar) verbo transitivo
1

a) (excitar) ‹personas› to excite;

‹pasiones› to arouse

b) (hacer enojar) to anger

2 (frml) (alabar) to extol (frml)
exaltarse verbo pronominal
to get worked up
exaltar verbo transitivo to praise
'exaltar' also found in these entries:
English:
eulogize
- exalt
- glorify

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exaltar

♦ vt

1. [excitar]

el orador exaltó a las masas the speaker whipped up the crowds;

la decisión exaltó la cólera de los aficionados the decision enraged the fans

2. [ensalzar] to praise, to exalt;

exaltó la cocina argentina he praised Argentinian cuisine to the skies

♦ See also the pronominal verb exaltarse

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exaltar

v/t excite, get worked up

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exaltar vt

1) ensalzar: to exalt, to extol

2) : to excite, to agitate

♦ See also the reflexive verb exaltarse