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Portuguese
Etymology
From a- + formoso (“beautiful”) + -entar.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧for‧mo‧sen‧tar
Verb
aformosentar (first-person singular present aformosento, first-person singular preterite aformosentei, past participle aformosentado)
- (transitive) to embellish, to adorn
- Synonyms: aformosear, formosentar, adornar, enfeitar, alindar
- (pronominal) to beautify oneself, to adorn oneself(Should we delete(+) this sense?)
aformosentar-se- to beautify oneself
Conjugation
Further reading
- “aformosentar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “aformosentar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “aformosentar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “aformosentar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025