embelezamento
Portuguese
Etymology
From embelezar (“to beautify”) + -mento.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.be.le.zaˈmẽ.tu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.be.le.zaˈmẽ.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.be.le.zaˈmẽ.to/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.be.le.zaˈmẽ.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.bɨ.lɨ.zɐˈmẽ.tu/
- Hyphenation: em‧be‧le‧za‧men‧to
Noun
embelezamento m (plural embelezamentos)
- embellishment
- Synonyms: aformoseamento, alindamento
- adornment
Related terms
Further reading
- “embelezamento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- “embelezamento”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025