Meanings (ES + gloss)
embellecer • hermosear
To make more beautiful and attractive by adding ornamentation; to decorate.
He was a notable patron of the arts who lavishly embellished his royal residences and rebuilt and enlarged Westminster Abbey, destined as the burialplace of himself and many of his…
The old book cover was embellished with golden letters
adornar • atildar • embellecer
To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality; to distort, embroider, or even misrepresent or lie.
to embellish a story, the truth