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)]

• (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/

• (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.

Derived terms

• embelezamento

Further reading

• “embelezar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024