agudizar

v.

1 to make keener (sentido).

agudizar el ingenio to sharpen one's wits

2 to exacerbate, to make worse (problema, crisis).

el frío agudizó el dolor the cold made the pain worse

3 to intensify, to accentuate, to sharpen, to whet.

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agudizar

Conjugation model [REALIZAR], like realizar

► verbo transitivo

1 (afilar) to sharpen

2 (empeorar) to worsen, intensify, make more acute

► verbo pronominal agudizarse

1 (afilarse) to become sharper

2 (empeorar) to worsen, intensify, become more acute

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1.

VT [+ los sentidos, la mente] to sharpen, make more acute; [+ crisis] to aggravate

2.

See:

agudizarse

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1.

verbo transitivo <sensación> to heighten; <crisis/conflicto> make worse; <instinto> to heighten; <sentido> to sharpen

2.

agudizarse v pron sensación to heighten; dolor to get worse; crisis to worsen; instinto to become heightened; sentido to become sharper

se le ha agudizado el ingenio — he's become sharper

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1.

verbo transitivo <sensación> to heighten; <crisis/conflicto> make worse; <instinto> to heighten; <sentido> to sharpen

2.

agudizarse v pron sensación to heighten; dolor to get worse; crisis to worsen; instinto to become heightened; sentido to become sharper

se le ha agudizado el ingenio — he's become sharper

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agudizar¹

¹ = sharpen, stoke.

Ex: Instructors may sharpen a difference of opinion between two students and also may tactfully cut short long-winded contributions in a debate.

Ex: The media have regularly stoked public feelings of shame by affirming that English football fans are synonymous with hooliganism, overlooking the fact that not all fans are 'hooligans'.

* la necesidad agudiza el ingenio = necessity mothers invention, necessity is the mother of invention.

agudizar²

² = worsen.

Ex: There were fears that opening on holidays would worsen the overall quality of the service provided and lead to higher staff turnover.

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agudizar [A4 ]

vt

1 ‹sensación› to heighten; ‹crisis/conflicto› to intensify, make worse

2 ‹instinto› to heighten; ‹sentido› to sharpen

ha agudizado su olfato para estas cosas she's sharpened up her instinct for this sort of thing

■ agudizarse

v pron

1 «sensación» to heighten; «dolor» to get worse, intensify; «crisis/conflicto» to worsen, intensify

2 «instinto» to become heightened; «sentido» to become sharper

se le ha agudizado el ingenio he's become sharper

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agudizar (conjugate agudizar) verbo transitivo ‹sensación› to heighten;
‹crisis/conflicto› to make worse;
‹instinto› to heighten;
‹sentido› to sharpen
agudizarse verbo pronominal [sensación] to heighten;
[dolor] to get worse;
[crisis] to worsen;
[instinto] to become heightened;
[sentido] to become sharper
agudizar verbo transitivo to intensify, make more acute
'agudizar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aguzar
English:
sharpen

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agudizar

♦ vt

1. [afilar] to sharpen

2. [sentido] to make keener;

[mente] to sharpen;

agudizar el ingenio to sharpen one's wits

3. [problema, crisis] to exacerbate, to make worse;

el frío agudizó el dolor the cold made the pain worse;

la sequía agudizó la hambruna the drought exacerbated the famine

♦ See also the pronominal verb agudizarse

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agudizar

v/t

1 sentido sharpen

2

:

agudizar un problema make a problem worse

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agudizar {21} vt

: to intensify, to heighten