engrandecimento

Portuguese

Etymology

From engrandecer +‎ -mento.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡɾɐ̃.de.siˈmẽ.tu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡɾɐ̃.de.siˈmẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡɾɐ̃.de.siˈmẽ.tu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡɾɐ̃.de.siˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡɾɐ̃.de.siˈmẽ.to/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡɾɐ̃.de.siˈmẽ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.ɡɾɐ̃.dɨ.siˈmẽ.tu/

• Hyphenation: en‧gran‧de‧ci‧men‧to

Noun

engrandecimento m (plural engrandecimentos)

1. aggrandizement
2. enlargement

Further reading

• “engrandecimento”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “engrandecimento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026