- desempolvar
- v.1 to dust.un día decidió desempolvar su violín (figurative) one day he decided to take up the violin againElla desempolvó los muebles bien She dusted the furniture well.2 to do the dusting.Ella desempolva en las tardes She does the dusting in the afternoon.3 to clean.4 to revive, to remember, to call up, to bring back to memory.Mario desempolvó viejos recuerdos Mario revived old memories.* * *desempolvar► verbo transitivo1 (quitar el polvo) to dust2 figurado (volver a usar) to unearth\FRASEOLOGÍAdesempolvar recuerdos figurado to revive memories* * *VT1) [+ libros, muebles] to dust; [+ objeto no usado] to dust off2) [+ recuerdos] to revive* * *verbo transitivo <libros> to dig out, dust off; <ideas/proyectos> to revive, resurrect* * *= dig out, dust off + the cobwebs.Ex. I would also have dug out information references to which readers can be directed who want to know more about the setting.Ex. The article is entitled 'Dusting off the cobwebs: turning the business archives into a managerial tool'.* * *verbo transitivo <libros> to dig out, dust off; <ideas/proyectos> to revive, resurrect* * *= dig out, dust off + the cobwebs.
Ex: I would also have dug out information references to which readers can be directed who want to know more about the setting.
Ex: The article is entitled 'Dusting off the cobwebs: turning the business archives into a managerial tool'.* * *desempolvar [A1 ]vt‹libros› to dig out, dust off; ‹ideas/proyectos› to revive, resurrect* * *
desempolvar verbo transitivo
1 to dust
2 fig (recordar algo pasado) to revive, dig up
* * *desempolvar vt1. [mueble, jarrón] to dust2. [recuerdos] to revive, to reawaken;[conocimientos] to refresh;un día decidió desempolvar su violín one day he decided to take up the violin again;voy a tener que desempolvar mi francés I'm going to have to brush up (on) my French;voy a desempolvar los libros de física I'm going to dig out my physics books* * *desempolvarv/t1 dust2 figdust off; conocimientos teóricos brush up* * *desempolvar vt1) : to dust off2) : to resurrect, to revive
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.