embellecimiento

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Spanish

Etymology

From embellecer +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain) /embeʝeθiˈmjento/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /embeʎeθiˈmjento/
 
  • IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /embeʝesiˈmjento/
  • IPA(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /embeʎesiˈmjento/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /embeʃesiˈmjento/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /embeʒesiˈmjento/

  • 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:
      También es digna de destacarse la obra de embellecimiento de la fachada llevada a cabo en 1897.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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