smarten (redirected from smartening)

smart·en  (smärtn)

v. smart·ened, smart·en·ing, smart·ens

v.tr.

1. To improve in appearance or stylishness; spruce up.

2. To make quicker: smarten the pace.

v.intr.

To make oneself smart or smarter.

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smarten [ˈsmɑːt^ən]

vb (usually foll by up)

1. (intr) to make oneself neater

2. (tr) to make quicker or livelier

Thesaurus

smarten

verb (often with up) tidy, spruce up, groom, beautify, put in order, put to rights, gussy up (slang, chiefly U.S.) The reason for the uniform was to smarten up their image.

smarten yourself up spruce yourself up, freshen yourself up, titivate yourself (informal), tart yourself up (Brit. informal), beautify yourself The rest of us must smarten ourselves up immediately.

Translations

smarten [ˈsmɑːtn] VT = smarten up

smarten up

A. VT + ADV → arreglar
to smarten o.s. up → arreglarse, adecentarse
I must go and smarten myself up → tengo que ir a arreglarme or adecentarme un poco
she has smartened herself up a lot in the last year → durante el año pasado ha mejorado mucho de aspecto or se ha arreglado mucho
to smarten up one's ideas → espabilarse

B. VI + ADV [person] → arreglarse, adecentarse; [town] → mejorar de aspecto

smarten (also smarten up)

vt house, room → herausputzen; appearance → (her)richten, aufmöbeln (inf); to smarten oneself up (= dress up) → sich in Schale werfen (inf); (= generally improve appearance) → mehr Wert auf sein Äußeres legen; you’d better smarten up your ideas (inf) → du solltest dich am Riemen reißen (inf)

vi (= dress up) → sich in Schale werfen (inf); (= improve appearance) → sich herausmachen; (pace) → schneller or flotter (inf) → werden

smarten [ˈsmɑːtn]

1. vt (also smarten up) (room, house) → abbellire, ravvivare; (child) → far bello/a; (o.s.) → farsi bello/a
to smarten up one's ideas → darsi una mossa

2. vi (also smarten up) → abbellirsi, farsi bello/a