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1 engrandecimiento
• aggrandizement• amplification• augment• augmentation• blowup• enlargement• ennoblement• expansion• extolment• incorruptible• increase activities -
2 engrandecimiento
m.1 enhancement (ensalzamiento).2 increase (aumento).3 enlargement, augmentation, increase, blow-up.4 aggrandizement, ennoblement, exaltation, extolment.* * *1 (aumento) enlargement2 (exaltación) exaltation3 figurado (enaltecimiento) enhancement* * *SM1) (=aumento) enlargement2) (=exaltación) exaltation3) (=exageración) exaggeration* * *ello contribuye al engrandecimiento de nuestro ejército — that contributes to the greater glory of our army
el engrandecimiento del espíritu a través del sacrificio — the uplifting of the spirit through sacrifice
* * *= aggrandisement [aggrandizement, -USA].Ex. How agreeable life could be if only people would stop mistrusting each other and learn to work for the common good instead of for their own personal aggrandizement.* * *ello contribuye al engrandecimiento de nuestro ejército — that contributes to the greater glory of our army
el engrandecimiento del espíritu a través del sacrificio — the uplifting of the spirit through sacrifice
* * *= aggrandisement [aggrandizement, -USA].Ex: How agreeable life could be if only people would stop mistrusting each other and learn to work for the common good instead of for their own personal aggrandizement.
* * *otra hazaña que contribuye al engrandecimiento de nuestro ejército another great deed that contributes to the greater glory of our armyel engrandecimiento del espíritu a través del sacrificio the uplifting of the spirit through sacrifice* * *1. [ensalzamiento] enhancement2. [aumento] increase* * *m1 enlargement2 ( ensalzamiento) praise* * *1) : enlargement2) : exaggeration3) : exaltation -
3 desconfiar de
v.to distrust, to be leery of, to misdoubt, to mistrust.* * *(v.) = mistrustEx. How agreeable life could be if only people would stop mistrusting each other and learn to work for the common good instead of for their own personal aggrandizement.* * *(v.) = mistrustEx: How agreeable life could be if only people would stop mistrusting each other and learn to work for the common good instead of for their own personal aggrandizement.
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4 recelar de
v.to mistrust, to doubt at.* * *(v.) = be leery of, mistrustEx. Getting back to studies, I don't know what you mean by study, but I'm leery of stalls in the name of study.Ex. How agreeable life could be if only people would stop mistrusting each other and learn to work for the common good instead of for their own personal aggrandizement.* * *(v.) = be leery of, mistrustEx: Getting back to studies, I don't know what you mean by study, but I'm leery of stalls in the name of study.
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5 bien común, el
(n.) = common good, the, common wealth, theEx. How agreeable life could be if only people would stop mistrusting each other and learn to work for the common good instead of for their own personal aggrandizement.Ex. Masons perceived themselves as engaged in the creation of a new man possessing the traits necessary for the maintenance of the social order and the improvement of the common wealth. -
6 bien de todos, el
= common good, theEx. How agreeable life could be if only people would stop mistrusting each other and learn to work for the common good instead of for their own personal aggrandizement. -
7 autobombo
m.self-praise, self-advertisement, self-glorification, self-aggrandizement.* * *1 familiar self-praise, blowing one's own trumpet* * *SM self-praise, self-glorification* * *self-glorificationhacerse or darse autobombo to blow one's own trumpet* * *
autobombo sustantivo masculino self-glorification
* * *autobombo nmFam self-glorification;darse autobombo to blow one's own trumpet* * *m famself-glorification -
8 bien común
m.public interest, common weal, well-being, commonweal.* * *common good* * *el bien común(n.) = common good, the, common wealth, theEx: How agreeable life could be if only people would stop mistrusting each other and learn to work for the common good instead of for their own personal aggrandizement.
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9 bien de todos
el bien de todos= common good, theEx: How agreeable life could be if only people would stop mistrusting each other and learn to work for the common good instead of for their own personal aggrandizement.
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10 arrogante
• arrogant• arrogant person• assuming• belittler• boastful• cocky• disdainful• dismissive• haughtily• haul• high and dry• high and wide• high-growth venture• high-handed behavior• hoisting line• hold• hubristic• nervousness• nescience• overbearing• overweening• presumptuous• self-advancement• self-aggrandizement• self-sufficiency• self-suggestion• supercilious -
11 autoamortizante
• self-aggrandizement• self-amortizing mortgage -
12 presumido
• arrogant• assuming• boastful• conceited• conceited person• dandified• poseur• presumer• presuming• presumptuous• pretentious• priggish• self-advancement• self-aggrandizement• self-impedance• self-important person• smug• snobby• swollen-headed• toffee-nosed• vainglorious -
13 presuntuoso
• assuming• boastful• bumptious• conceited• overweening• presuming• presumptuous• pretentious• self-advancement• self-aggrandizement• self-conceited• self-concentration• self-operating• self-opinioned• snob• toffee-nosed• uppish• vain• vainglorious -
14 auto exaltación
f.self-aggrandizement. -
15 exaltación propia
f.self-aggrandizement.
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Aggrandizement — Ag*gran dize*ment (?; 277), n. [Cf. F. agrandissement.] The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement; as, the emperor seeks only the aggrandizement of his own… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
aggrandizement — I noun accession, advancement, amplification, augmentation, boom, broadening, deification, dignification, elevation, embellishment, eminence, enablement, enhancement, enlargement, enshrinement, enthronement, exaggeration, exaltation, expansion,… … Law dictionary
aggrandizement — (n.) 1650s, from Fr. agrandissement, noun of action from agrandir (see AGGRANDIZE (Cf. aggrandize)) … Etymology dictionary
aggrandizement — (Amer.) ag gran·dize·ment || dɪzmÉ™nt n. making larger, making more powerful; act of increasing in power, act of increasing in wealth (also aggrandisement) … English contemporary dictionary
aggrandizement — [[t]əgræ̱ndɪzmənt[/t]] N UNCOUNT: usu with supp (disapproval) If someone does something for aggrandizement, they do it in order to get power, wealth, and importance for themselves. [FORMAL] → See also self aggrandizement It would be the first… … English dictionary
aggrandizement — n. territorial aggrandizement * * * [ə grændɪzmənt] territorial aggrandizement … Combinatory dictionary
aggrandizement — also isement BrE noun (U) a word meaning an increase in power, size, or importance, used especially when you disapprove of this increase: a war fought for national aggrandizement | He did it for his own personal aggrandizement … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
aggrandizement — noun the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something the aggrandizement of the king his elevation to cardinal • Syn: ↑aggrandisement, ↑elevation • Derivationally related forms: ↑elevate (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
aggrandizement — noun The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement. The emperor seeks only the aggrandizement of his own family. Syn: aggrandization … Wiktionary
aggrandizement — ag|gran|dize|ment also aggrandisement BrE [əˈgrændızmənt] n [U] [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: agrandissement, from agrandir, from grandir to increase ] when a person or country tries to increase their power or importance used to show… … Dictionary of contemporary English
aggrandizement — ag|gran|dize|ment [ ə grændızmənt ] noun uncount an increase in power or importance that is not deserved or reasonable: bureaucratic aggrandizement and corporate greed … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English