embelezar

Portuguese

Etymology

Variant of embelecer, from em- +‎ belo +‎ -ecer; related to Spanish embellecer.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.be.leˈza(ʁ)/ [ẽ.be.leˈza(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.be.leˈza(ʁ)/ [ĩ.be.leˈza(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.be.leˈza(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.be.leˈza(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.be.leˈza(ʁ)/ [ẽ.be.leˈza(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.be.leˈza(ʁ)/ [ĩ.be.leˈza(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.be.leˈza(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.be.leˈza(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.bɨ.lɨˈzaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.bɨ.lɨˈza.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: em‧be‧le‧zar

Verb

embelezar (first-person singular present embelezo, first-person singular preterite embelezei, past participle embelezado)

  1. to beautify (make beautiful or more beautiful)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of embelezar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal embelezar
Personal embelezar embelezares embelezar embelezarmos embelezardes embelezarem
Gerund
embelezando
Past participle
Masculine embelezado embelezados
Feminine embelezada embelezadas
Indicative
Present embelezo embelezas embeleza embelezamos embelezais embelezam
Imperfect embelezava embelezavas embelezava embelezávamos embelezáveis embelezavam
Preterite embelezei embelezaste embelezou embelezamos1, embelezámos2 embelezastes embelezaram
Pluperfect embelezara embelezaras embelezara embelezáramos embelezáreis embelezaram
Future embelezarei embelezarás embelezará embelezaremos embelezareis embelezarão
Conditional embelezaria embelezarias embelezaria embelezaríamos embelezaríeis embelezariam
Subjunctive
Present embeleze embelezes embeleze embelezemos embelezeis embelezem
Imperfect embelezasse embelezasses embelezasse embelezássemos embelezásseis embelezassem
Future embelezar embelezares embelezar embelezarmos embelezardes embelezarem
Imperative
Affirmative embeleza embeleze embelezemos embelezai embelezem
Negative (não) não embelezes não embeleze não embelezemos não embelezeis não embelezem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

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