embellecimiento
Spanish
Etymology
From embellecer + -miento.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain) /embeʝeθiˈmjento/ [ẽm.be.ʝe.θiˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /embeʎeθiˈmjento/ [ẽm.be.ʎe.θiˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
- IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /embeʝesiˈmjento/ [ẽm.be.ʝe.siˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
- IPA(key): (Andes Mountains) /embeʎesiˈmjento/ [ẽm.be.ʎe.siˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /embeʃesiˈmjento/ [ẽm.be.ʃe.siˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /embeʒesiˈmjento/ [ẽm.be.ʒe.siˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -ento
- Syllabification: em‧be‧lle‧ci‧mien‧to
Noun
embellecimiento m (plural embellecimientos)
- beautifying, prettifying, gussying up, beautification
- 2015 July 20, “El público recupera el Teatro de la Comedia”, in El País:
- También es digna de destacarse la obra de embellecimiento de la fachada llevada a cabo en 1897.
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Further reading
- “embellecimiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014