envilecedor

Spanish

Etymology

From envilecer +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /embileθeˈdoɾ/ [ẽm.bi.le.θeˈð̞oɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /embileseˈdoɾ/ [ẽm.bi.le.seˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: en‧vi‧le‧ce‧dor

Adjective

envilecedor (feminine envilecedora, masculine plural envilecedores, feminine plural envilecedoras)

1. debasing; devaluing
   • 2017 April 1, “La extrañeza es un mal síntoma”, in El Nacional‎^[1]:

     Muy sencillo: de que no acabamos de entender la naturaleza despótica, depredadora y envilecedora del poder establecido en Venezuela.

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Further reading

• “envilecedor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28