engrandecer

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From en- +‎ grande (“big”) +‎ -ecer. Compare Spanish engrandecer. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: en‧gran‧de‧cer === Verb === engrandecer (first-person singular present engrandeço, first-person singular preterite engrandeci, past participle engrandecido) to aggrandize to enhance to exalt ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== engrandecimento === Further reading === “engrandecer”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “engrandecer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From en- +‎ grande +‎ -ecer. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /enɡɾandeˈθeɾ/ [ẽŋ.ɡɾãn̪.d̪eˈθeɾ] (Spain) IPA(key): /enɡɾandeˈseɾ/ [ẽŋ.ɡɾãn̪.d̪eˈseɾ] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -eɾ Syllabification: en‧gran‧de‧cer === Verb === engrandecer (first-person singular present engrandezco, first-person singular preterite engrandecí, past participle engrandecido) to enlarge, magnify to exalt, speak highly of to exaggerate ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “engrandecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025