spruce up

spruce up

vb

(adverb) to make (oneself, a person, or thing) smart and neat

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Verb	1.	spruce up - make neat, smart, or trim; "Spruce up your house for Spring"; "titivate the child" slick up, smarten up, spiff up, spruce, titivate, tittivate beautify, fancify, prettify, embellish - make more beautiful
	2.	spruce up - dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion; "He spruced up for the party" slick up, smarten up, spruce neaten, groom - care for one's external appearance; "He is always well-groomed"

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Translations

يَتَأنَّق

vystrojit

fikse op

sich fein machen

faire beau

kicsinosítja magát

laga til

fikse opp

наводить марафет

giyinip kuşanmak

打扮整齐

w>spruce up

vt sep child → herausputzen; house, garden → auf Vordermann bringen (inf); image → aufpolieren; to spruce oneself up (in general) → sein Äußeres pflegen; (= get dressed up) → sich in Schale werfen; (woman) → sich schönmachen; he looks much better now that he has spruced himself up → so gepflegt sieht er wesentlich besser aus; all spruced up (children, men) → geschniegelt und gestriegelt; (women) → schön zurechtgemacht; (house) → auf Hochglanz

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spruce²

(spruːs) noun

a tree with leaves like needles that grows in northern regions. sparreboom تَنّوب: شَجَرَة من الصُّنوبَرِيّات смърч abeto smrk der Kiefer grantræ έλατο kuusk صنوبر kuusi épicéaאשוח स्प्रूस वृक्ष omorika, smreka lucfenyő sejenis pohon cemara picea, abete rosso* とうひ 가문비나무 eglė egle pokok cemara spargranświerkель smrek jelka omorika gran ต้นสนชนิดหนึ่ง köknar 雲杉 ялина صنوبر کا مخروطی شکل کا درخت cây vân sam 云杉

spruce up

to make oneself or somebody else smarter. I'll go and spruce up before going out. netjies maak يَتَأنَّق издокарвам (се) arrumar(-se) vystrojit (se) sich fein machen fikse (...) op γίνομαι κομψότερος, φτιάχνομαι, κάνω κπ. κομψότερο mukkima شيك كردن siistiytyä se faire (tout) beau לְטַפֵּח सजाना, संवारना dotjerati što kicsinosítja magát berdandan laga (sig) til agghindarsi, めかす 멋을 부리다 pa(si)gražinti, pa(si)puošti uzposties; uzcirsties berdandan zich opdoffen fikse opp, stelle segodświeżyć, poprawić wygląd ataviar(-se) a se găti прихорашиваться; наводить красоту vystrojiť (sa) urediti (se) doterati se snygga (snofsa) upp sig แต่งตัวให้เรียบร้อย giyinip kuşanmak 打扮得漂亮 наводити порядок صاف ستھرا، چست وغیرہ بننا یا بنانا diện , chải chuốt 打扮整齐

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