Polyglot Dictionary

envilecer

/embileˈseɾ/

verb C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
envilezco
preterite (yo)
envilecí
past participle
envilecido

Meaning

  1. to degrade

    • La codicia envilece.

      Greed degrades.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

degradar

envilecer specifically means to debase or degrade someone's moral character, to make vile; degradar is more general, to degrade in rank, quality or dignity.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

degradar

degradar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to degrade."

Practice

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