embellecer
Spanish, verb/embeʝeˈθeɾ/
embellecer is spelled E-M-B-E-L-L-E-C-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 46,983rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embellecer is a Spanish verb meaning “to embellish, beautify, gussy up, dress up, make beautiful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer algo estéticamente más bonito o más bello, añadiéndole detalles u ornamentos o efectuando una acción de…”.
What does embellecer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to embellish, beautify, gussy up, dress up, make beautiful
- 2
to become beautiful
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer algo estéticamente más bonito o más bello, añadiéndole detalles u ornamentos o efectuando una acción de maquillaje.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of embellecer
- embellezco first-person present singular
- embellecí first-person preterite singular
- embellecido participle past
- c-zc alternation
- embelleciendo gerund
- embellecida feminine participle past
- embellecidos masculine participle past
- embellecidas feminine participle past
- embelleces indicative informal present
- embellecés indicative informal present
- embellece indicative present singular
- embellecemos first-person indicative plural
- embellecéis indicative plural present
- embellecen indicative plural present
- embellecía first-person imperfect indicative
- embellecías imperfect indicative second-person
- embellecíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- embellecíais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce embellecer?
- /embeʝeˈθeɾ/
- [ẽm.be.ʝeˈθeɾ]
- [ẽmbeʝeˈseɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to embellecer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is embellecer in Spanish?
embellecer appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).