empequeñecer

v.

1 to make smaller, to reduce in size.

El calor empequeñece los filetes The heat makes the fillets smaller.

2 to belittle, to minimize.

El egoísmo empequeñece a Ricardo Selfishness belittles Richard.

3 to put in the shade, to overshadow.

Los logros de María lo empequeñecen Ann's achievements put him in the shade.

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empequeñecer

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

► verbo transitivo

1 to diminish, make smaller

2 figurado (persona) to put in the shade, belittle

3 figurado (edificio) to dwarf

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1. VT

1) (=achicar) to dwarf, make (seem) smaller

2) (=menoscabar) to minimize, belittle

2.

VI

ha empequeñecido con los años — she has got smaller as she has got older

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1.

verbo intransitivo to become smaller

él empequeñeció ante mis ojos — he went down o fell in my estimation

2.

empequeñecerse v pron

a) (hacerse pequeño) to become smaller

b) (acobardarse) to be/feel daunted

c) (sentirse insignificante) to feel small o insignificant

se te empequeñece la visión del mundo — your vision of the world becomes narrower

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= dwarf.

Ex. The author forecasts that the global market for intranet technologies will dwarf the Internet by the turn of the century.

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1.

verbo intransitivo to become smaller

él empequeñeció ante mis ojos — he went down o fell in my estimation

2.

empequeñecerse v pron

a) (hacerse pequeño) to become smaller

b) (acobardarse) to be/feel daunted

c) (sentirse insignificante) to feel small o insignificant

se te empequeñece la visión del mundo — your vision of the world becomes narrower

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= dwarf.

Ex: The author forecasts that the global market for intranet technologies will dwarf the Internet by the turn of the century.

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empequeñecer [E3 ]

vi

to become smaller

a partir de aquel momento empequeñeció ante mis ojos from that moment on he went down o fell in my estimation

■ empequeñecerse

v pron

mis esfuerzos se ven empequeñecidos frente a … my own efforts pale into insignificance beside …

se sintió empequeñecido ante sus compañeros he felt small o insignificant beside his friends

de no leer, a uno se le empequeñece la visión del mundo if you don't read, your vision of the world becomes narrow

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empequeñecer

♦ vt

[quitar importancia a] to diminish; [en una comparación] to overshadow, to dwarf;

el alto nivel de abstención empequeñece un tanto su victoria the high level of abstention rather detracts from his achievement in winning

♦ See also the pronominal verb empequeñecerse

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empequeñecer

v/t fig

diminish

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empequeñecer {53} vi

: to diminish, to become smaller

empequenempequeñecerecer vt

: to minimize, to make smaller