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1 engrandecer
v.1 to exalt.La paciencia engrandece el espíritu Patience exalts the spirit.2 to increase, to enlarge (increase).El ejercicio engrandece los músculos Exercise enlarges the muscles.* * *1 (hacer grande) to enlarge, magnify2 (exaltar) to extol, exalt3 figurado (enaltecer) to enhance4 figurado (mente, espíritu) to widen, broaden* * *VT1) (=aumentar) to enlarge, magnify2) (=ensalzar) to speak highly of3) (=exagerar) to exaggerate* * *verbo transitivo ( ennoblecer) to ennoble (frml)* * *= aggrandise [aggrandize, -USA].Ex. He established Samarkand as his imperial capital in the 1360s and set about aggrandising it with plunder from his conquests.* * *verbo transitivo ( ennoblecer) to ennoble (frml)* * *= aggrandise [aggrandize, -USA].Ex: He established Samarkand as his imperial capital in the 1360s and set about aggrandising it with plunder from his conquests.
* * *engrandecer [E3 ]vtaquel gesto lo engrandeció ante todos with that gesture he grew in stature in everyone's eyes* * *
engrandecer ( conjugate engrandecer) verbo transitivo ( ennoblecer) to ennoble (frml)
engrandecer verbo transitivo
1 (ensalzar) to exalt, grow in stature: ese gesto de generosidad te engrandece, that act of generosity ennobles you
2 (hacer mayor) to increase: la concesión del Óscar engrandeció su fama, winning the oscar contributed to his reputation
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English:
exalt
* * *engrandecer vt2. [aumentar] to increase, to enlarge* * *v/t1 enlarge2 ( ensalzar) praise, extol* * *engrandecer {53} vt1) : to enlarge2) : to exaggerate3) : to exalt
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