embellecimiento

Spanish

Etymology

From embellecer +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /embeʝeθiˈmjento/ [ẽm.be.ʝe.θiˈmjẽn̪.t̪o] (most of Spain)
  • IPA(key): /embeʎeθiˈmjento/ [ẽm.be.ʎe.θiˈmjẽn̪.t̪o] (rural northern Spain)
 
  • IPA(key): /embeʝesiˈmjento/ [ẽm.be.ʝe.siˈmjẽn̪.t̪o] (most of Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /embeʎesiˈmjento/ [ẽm.be.ʎe.siˈmjẽn̪.t̪o] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
 
  • IPA(key): /embeʃesiˈmjento/ [ẽm.be.ʃe.siˈmjẽn̪.t̪o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /embeʒesiˈmjento/ [ẽm.be.ʒe.siˈmjẽn̪.t̪o] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: em‧be‧lle‧ci‧mien‧to

Noun

embellecimiento m (plural embellecimientos)

  1. beautifying, prettifying, gussying up, beautification
    • 2015 July 20, “El público recupera el Teatro de la Comedia”, in El País‎[1]:
      También es digna de destacarse la obra de embellecimiento de la fachada llevada a cabo en 1897.
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