enaltecer

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • enaltar

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish enaltecer.[1] By surface analysis, en- + alto + -ecer.[2]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /e.naw.teˈse(ʁ)/ [e.naʊ̯.teˈse(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /e.naw.teˈse(ɾ)/ [e.naʊ̯.teˈse(ɾ)]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /e.naw.teˈse(ʁ)/ [e.naʊ̯.teˈse(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /e.naw.teˈse(ɻ)/ [e.naʊ̯.teˈse(ɻ)]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /i.nal.tɨˈseɾ/ [i.naɫ.tɨˈseɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /i.nal.tɨˈse.ɾi/ [i.naɫ.tɨˈse.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: e‧nal‧te‧cer

Verb

enaltecer (first-person singular present enalteço, first-person singular preterite enalteci, past participle enaltecido)

  1. (transitive) to praise, compliment
    Antonyms: depreciar, desdenhar

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Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From en- + alto + -ecer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /enalteˈθeɾ/ [e.nal̪.t̪eˈθeɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /enalteˈseɾ/ [e.nal̪.t̪eˈseɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: e‧nal‧te‧cer

Verb

enaltecer (first-person singular present enaltezco, first-person singular preterite enaltecí, past participle enaltecido)

  1. (transitive) to praise; to extol

Conjugation

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Descendants

  • Portuguese: enaltecer

Further reading

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